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Amid its crackdown on ad blockers, YouTube also recently disabled recommendations for users who had turned off watch history or used the site while logged out. Now, though, that decision has apparently been reversed.

YouTube is testing out a new design for playlists and watch history on its TV app, now showing up for users on Google TV.

Following YouTube’s pushes into music, television, gaming livestreams, and podcasts, the service has now begun public testing of its “Playables” initiative, which adds games to YouTube.

Update: YouTube Playables are now more widely available, particularly for those with a Premium subscription.

YouTube ads have gotten way out of control in recent years, which is why so many users are frustrated with the platform’s decision to crack down on ad blockers in recent months. Now, one developer has come up with a really clever workaround that speeds up YouTube ads instead of blocking them.

Google has warned that inactive Google accounts – including Gmail, Photos, and more – will be deleted sometime in December. If you want to keep that account, this guide will show you how you can do that.

Back in September, Google introduced Bard Extensions, and the one for YouTube can now understand what’s happening in a video.

YouTube has started cracking down on ad blockers, and now, that includes slowing down the loading time for anyone who has an ad blocker installed on any browser.

NFL Sunday Ticket is one of the best ways to catch NFL games, and on YouTube and YouTube TV it’s easier than ever to access. Now, for a limited time, you can get NFL Sunday Ticket in a Thanksgiving sale that’s almost half off the current price.

As international YouTube Premium increases get underway, Google is making official a handful of features for the subscription.

AI can be used for good and for evil, and on YouTube, the latter could mean posting videos that mislead viewers into thinking they are real. To avoid those situations, YouTube is now requiring creators to mark videos that are made using AI, and the platform will show labels to viewers.

Launching later this month, individual YouTube channels will start showing a new “For You” tab which recommends videos on a channel for viewers based on their watch history.

In addition to generative AI for Creators, YouTube is now testing a conversational AI for end users that lets them ask questions about videos and navigate comments more easily.

Especially after the last round of updates, YouTube decidedly does not feel like a first-party Google app.

After a few months of testing, YouTube has opened the floodgates to its blocking of ad blockers, and that’s led to a wave of uninstalls – but not of YouTube.

Following the United States in July, YouTube Premium’s international price increase is starting. The Google video is rolling this out slowly across Europe, Asia-Pacific, and South America.

YouTube is cracking down on ad blockers, which leaves users with a choice of how they want to use the product, if at all. But, if you could name your price to block ads on YouTube, what would that be?

YouTube’s NFL Sunday Ticket deal has added new features and way more availability to football fans, but it’s done that at a pretty steep price. Through the rest of the current NFL season, though, YouTube is offering Sunday Ticket with a huge price cut.

Since May, YouTube has ramped up its block of ad blockers, and the company has now fully launched this policy worldwide.

YouTube’s newly appearing ambient mode enhances the viewing experience, bringing on-screen colors to the previously black edges of the screen. Unfortunately, it can be a little distracting in practice. This quick guide will show you how to turn YouTube’s ambient colors off.