YouTube is Google's massive video streaming platform, accepting videos from creators large and small
YouTube is a major video platform owned by Google — and it has grown to be one of the most famous social media destinations on the web.
YouTube is improving the podcasting experience outside of its Music app with a dedicated “Your podcasts” page.
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YouTube is testing a “Hype” feature that lets viewers boost the likelihood of a video “appearing in the rankings with other hyped videos that week.”
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After being available on mobile for some time, YouTube’s “stable volume” feature is now expanding to Android TV and Google TV devices.
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According to tidbits in the latest app update, YouTube for Android may be adding support for a sleep timer on mobile.
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With iOS 14.5, Apple required app developers to tell users about and have them opt-in to broader tracking. In 2021, Google apps stopped certain tracking methods (IDFA) to comply and not have to show that prompt. YouTube will soon ask iOS users if they want to opt into “more personalized advertising” with an App Tracking Transparency (ATT) prompt.
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Google appears to be cracking down and canceling cheap YouTube Premium memberships obtained via a VPN service.
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YouTube is testing letting viewers leave “helpful notes” on videos that “provide relevant, timely, and easy-to-understand context.”
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YouTube’s crackdown on tools that block advertising continues with server-side ad injection.
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YouTube is preparing to roll out a new thumbnail testing feature to creators, which means you’ll probably notice thumbnails on videos changing more often.
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In a rather interesting move, the search bar in YouTube for Android has gained a new Google Lens integration.
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Over the past month or so, YouTube has been testing a new desktop design that most users don’t seem to like. Now, YouTube is giving its Premium subscribers a chance to test the redesign themselves.
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In an ongoing bug, YouTube is not showing the “like “Like” button for many users.
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YouTube has a new most-popular channel, with MrBeast taking the crown from T-Series.
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The Cast menu redesign that first launched in YouTube Music is now rolling out to the main YouTube app on Android and iOS…
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For many users with an ad blocker employed, YouTube videos are suddenly starting to skip to the end of the video.
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Following initial testing last year, YouTube is expanding its “Playables” on Android, iOS, and the web.
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After first appearing earlier this year, YouTube once again appears to be rolling out a new redesign for its website that everyone hates.
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YouTube Brandcast is a keynote aimed at advertisers, and the 2024 edition has some announcements that viewers will certainly notice, including branded QR codes.
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OpenAI’s impressive video AI, Sora, caught the world by storm earlier this year, but the company still won’t admit whether or not videos from YouTube were used to train the AI model.
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YouTube for Android TV has added a new animation when accessing the menu sidebar with updated highlighted pills when navigating the streaming platform.
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Back in March, YouTube started testing “Jump ahead” and is now making it more widely available through youtube.com/new for Premium subscribers.
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YouTube this afternoon (PT) confirmed that Creators are having an issue uploading videos. Google is aware of the problem and working on a fix.
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Updates to Play Books are on the rare side these days, though it got a Material You redesign in March, but Google today is highlighting four new features, including a YouTube integration.
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Earlier this month, YouTube started testing out a new redesign for its desktop website which was met with overwhelming backlash from those who saw it. Now, YouTube has apparently reverted that new design.
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