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YouTube has been testing a new conversation feature which allows users to share videos and have conversations with their friends and family directly within the video network’s application. Today, Google has officially launched the new feature, but only in Canada…

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With live streams being a popular way for internet stars to communicate with fans, YouTube has announced a new way to monetize them. Super Chat allows any viewer to purchase messages that will be more visible during a live chat. However, this new feature coincides with YouTube discontinuing Fan Funding.

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Over the past year or so YouTube has slowly been separating itself from Google+ following the merger the two went through a few years ago. A while back, YouTube comments were completely separated from Google+, and other components have also been swapped over time. Now, YouTube is testing a new notifications system which is completely independent of Google+…

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In the midst of looking back at its year, YouTube is under attack by the music industry, which believes the over $1 billion that it has been paid in royalties over the last 12 months isn’t enough. The IFPI, an organization that represents musicians worldwide, believes that Google ad revenue doesn’t make up for the huge number of people streaming music for free…

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It’s hard to believe that we’re only a couple of short weeks away from the end of the year. As it has over the past few years, YouTube has taken that opportunity to release a mashup of all the top events, memes, videos, and songs from the year.

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We’ve known for a while now that YouTube has been planning to add support for HDR (high dynamic range) video and now, ahead of the release of the Chromecast Ultra, Google has just made it official. Creators can start uploading HDR content, and users can start viewing HDR content on support devices effective today…

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A year after launch, YouTube is struggling to get subscribers for its Red subscription service. According to The Verge, paying subscribers only total 1.5 million as of late summer, despite having a billion monthly users of the broader service…

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After opening up early testing for a handful of creators over the past couple of months, YouTube has today opened up a new feature for all content creators ─ “end screens.”

This new feature is specially designed to encourage viewers to continue watching content from that creator and subscribe to their channel.

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The popularity of YouTube as a platform is incredible and undeniable, and one of the reasons behind its success certainly lies in the strong connections between YouTube stars running their channels and brands whose material is often promoted, sponsored, reviewed, and whatnot in their videos.

Google is well aware of this, and today’s purchase is but another step towards strengthening those bonds even further…

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If you love watching YouTube videos on the move but hate large data bills, Google has good news for you: it is introducing YouTube Go, an app specifically designed to minimize mobile data usage.

The bad news is that YouTube Go will initially be available only in India, but the company has said that it will be rolled out to other countries later, and hinted that both the U.S. and Europe are on the list.

The app seems pretty clever, offering four separate ways to reduce mobile data usage …

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With the release of YouTube’s brand new “community” section on some channels, the company has also announced a new program that hopes to have viewers help moderate comments and videos on the platform. This program is called YouTube Heroes and in exchange for your help, you will be granted additional moderation tools and the ability to test new features within YouTube before they rollout to the public.

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In this week’s top stories: Google Pixel renders leak, Galaxy S8 rumors, new apps and updates, and much more. 

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A few weeks ago we told you that YouTube was working on some “Backstage” social features for the website, and now those features are official. The video streaming site has launched the “Community” tab in beta, and it’s already available on some popular channels. YouTube says that creators will be able to post “text, live videos, images, animated GIFs and more” directly to their YouTube following…

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If you’ve jumped onto YouTube, or basically any social network today, you’ve probably heard something about YouTube’s “new” monetization rules and how they are “the death of YouTube.” So without freaking out about it, let’s see what’s going on here…

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In the past, Google API changes have resulted in YouTube no longer working on older Apple TVs and other devices running previous OS versions. 50 Sony BRAVIA TVs models released in 2012 are about to loose support for YouTube playback due to recent changes made by Google.

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As Facebook and other tech companies increasingly turn to video, YouTube has added features like 360-degree live streaming and native messaging — just in the past year alone. A report by Venture Beat today describes an upcoming effort to keep the platform competitive by allowing YouTubers to share status updates, photos, and polls to subscribers…

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