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Besides the upcoming addition of unskippable and pause screen ads, the YouTube app on Android and Google TV in Q1 2023 gained support for more Assistant voice commands.

Ads on YouTube may be annoying at times, but they’re the lifeblood of the world’s largest video platform. But as YouTube plays with longer ads that you can’t skip and blocking users who use an ad blocker, it’s time for a discussion on a cheaper version of YouTube Premium.

YouTube Brandcast is a keynote highlighting the virtues of the platform for advertisers, and the 2023 edition included two big announcements that will impact the TV ads experience.

Ads make huge portions of the internet free to use while still letting creators be supported by those ads. However, there are ad blockers out there, and YouTube is now testing blocking users who have an ad blocker enabled.

After a big redesign last year, YouTube might be embarking on its next visual revamp with changes to the video page, which has mostly stayed the same in recent years.

YouTube for Android TV is almost in a constant state of evolution, the latest such change is to in-video animations for description, title, and channel info panes.

YouTube for mobile users are now gaining the animated loading screen that was first seen on Android TV in late 2022.

YouTube’s Library tab has remained mostly the same over the years, but it’s now dropping the long list of playlists for a carousel that shortens the page on mobile. 

Following the December announcement, Google announced today how much NFL Sunday Ticket costs on YouTube TV and YouTube Primetime Channels.

For years, YouTube Premium has centered around removing ads, background playback (Picture-in-Picture), and offline downloads. YouTube is now expanding what perks are offered with a Premium subscription.

YouTube ads are a necessary evil to the platform, but at the very least YouTube gives users the option to skip certain ad blocks. However, for some, the warning that comes before ads arrive is broken.

While we’re still waiting for podcasts to widely roll out (in the US) to YouTube Music, YouTube has added a “Podcasts” tab to channel pages.

It doesn’t seem like much time goes by without YouTube TV running into issues on Apple TV, and the latest update is wreaking havoc yet again, as users report crashing issues with both YouTube TV and YouTube.

Coachella 2023 kicks off next weekend and YouTube is continuing its partnerships with this festival by expanding its livestream coverage to all six stages.

Following the black dark theme and other video player updates in October, YouTube today detailed why and how it redesigned over 450 system UI and topic channel avatar icons.

Ahead of podcasts coming to YouTube Music, YouTube Studio has rolled out the necessary support and Creator tools for it.

YouTube is to ease the rules surrounding the use of profanity in videos after introducing new stipulations in late 2022.

YouTube is changing the way some ads are shown on videos very soon with the removal of “Overlay ads” from content starting April 6.

YouTube announced today that its English Help forum has disabled new posts and comments as it switches to read-only ahead of “improvements” in the “next several months.”