YouCam Apps Rings in 2026: AI-Powered "New Year, New You" Features to Upgrade Your Holiday Social Feed

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec 31, 2025--

Perfect Corp. (NYSE: PERF), the leading artificial intelligence (AI) and augmented reality (AR) beauty and fashion tech solutions provider, announced the launch of an interactive suite of 2026 New Year content across the YouCam app series, including YouCam Makeup, YouCam Perfect, YouCam AI Pro, YouCam Enhance and YouCam Video. With over 1.1 billion total downloads, the YouCam apps are transforming how users celebrate the holidays, offering new ways to visualize their New Year’s resolutions and create viral-ready social content using the latest Generative AI.

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As users prepare for the countdown, YouCam Apps is unveiling new Gen AI and AR tools designed to elevate New Year’s resolutions, party selfies, and digital greetings.

Manifest Your 2026 Goals with "Astrology Makeup Analysis"

For those looking to start the year with a fresh look, YouCam Makeup Leveraging the advanced AI Beauty Agent. Reimagined for the wellness-conscious generation, this feature introduces a personalized makeup analysis that blends facial feature detection with 2026 astrological trends.

Create Viral "New Year’s Eve" Content with Generative AI

Forget generic stock photos. YouCam Perfect and YouCam AI Pro are upgrading the holiday feed with advanced Text-to-Image capabilities, allowing users to generate one-of-a-kind "2026" visuals that stand out on Instagram and TikTok.

Turn Static Selfies into Dynamic Video Greetings

To capture the energy of New Year’s Eve, the latest update brings static images to life with Video Generation AI, enabling users to animate photos through YouCam Video and further refine visual quality with YouCam Enhance. Together, the tools support a seamless creative workflow, from image restoration to short-form video creation.

"The New Year is the perfect canvas for self-invention," said Alice Chang, Founder and CEO of Perfect Corp. "Our goal is to empower our users to manifest their best selves for 2026. Whether it’s discovering a confidence-boosting look with our AI Beauty Agent or designing a viral-worthy party greeting, we are providing the creative freedom to start the year with bold intention and limitless style."

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About Perfect Corp.

Perfect Corp. (NYSE: PERF) is a global leader in AI and AR technology, redefining creativity across beauty, fashion, skincare, and digital content creation. Its YouCam suite of apps has been downloaded over 1.1 billion times globally, empowering users to create, edit, and express themselves through photo, video, and generative AI tools. The YouCam platform also includes a powerful web-based editor and a suite of developer APIs, providing creators, brands, and technology partners with seamless access to content creation capabilities across platforms.

For brands and professionals, Perfect Corp. offers an award-winning portfolio of enterprise technologies, including virtual try-on experiences for makeup, hair, jewelry, watches, and fashion accessories, as well as AI-powered skin and hair analysis.

With a brand portfolio that includes YouCam and Skincare Pro, and a network of over 800 global brand partners, Perfect Corp. is transforming the beauty experience through personalized, immersive, and intelligent innovation.

For more information, visit perfectcorp.com and follow @Perfect-Corp.

YouCam Apps Rings in 2026: AI-Powered "New Year, New You" Features to Upgrade Your Holiday Social Feed

PHOENIX (AP) — Lauren Betts had 16 points and made a huge block late, and UCLA withstood a late charge by Texas on Friday night for a 51-44 win to reach the women's NCAA Tournament national championship game for the first time.

Manhandled by eventual national champion UConn in their first Final Four a year ago, the Bruins (36-1) dominated their way to another national semifinal with the best season in program history.

A chance at a first national championship game appearance had to go through the only team to beat them this season.

Overpowered in the first meeting, the Bruins turned the bully tables on Texas (35-4), shutting down All-American Madison Booker while building a 13-point lead midway through the fourth quarter.

The Longhorns are one of the nation's best defensive teams and flexed their D during a 12-2 run that cut UCLA's lead to 47-44.

Betts swatted the Texas run to halt.

She blocked Booker's shot with 20 seconds left and Kiki Rice hit two free throws, sending coach Cori Close's crew into the title game.

The grinding win earns the Bruins a spot Sunday’s title game against South Carolina, the three-time national champions who ended reigning champion UConn’s undefeated season and left Huskies’ coach Geno Auriemma fuming.

So was Booker after a brutal finish to what was otherwise a stellar season. She hit her first shot, missed her next 17 and finished with six points on 3-of-23 shooting.

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Texas forward Madison Booker (35) reacts after Texas lost to UCLA in a women's NCAA college basketball tournament semifinal game at the Final Four, Friday, April 3, 2026, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

UCLA forward Angela Dugalic, second from left, embraces UCLA guard Lena Bilic (9) after defeating Texas in a women's NCAA college basketball tournament semifinal game at the Final Four, Friday, April 3, 2026, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

UCLA head coach Cori Close motions towards the court during the first half of a women's NCAA college basketball tournament semifinal game between UCLA and Texas at the Final Four, Friday, April 3, 2026, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

UCLA center Lauren Betts (51) shoots against Texas during the first half of a women's NCAA college basketball tournament semifinal game at the Final Four, Friday, April 3, 2026, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Texas head coach Vic Schaefer motions towards the court during the first half of a women's NCAA college basketball tournament semifinal game at the Final Four, Friday, April 3, 2026, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

UCLA guard Kiki Rice (1) drives against Texas guard Bryanna Preston, left, during the first half of a women's NCAA college basketball tournament semifinal game at the Final Four, Friday, April 3, 2026, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)