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After testing for the past several months, YouTube is officially launching Multiview for YouTube TV and Primetime Channels, starting with WNBA games.

YouTube Premium’s latest price hikes have come as part of a wave of other services doing the same. For a service that offers niche upgrades over the free version, are you going to cancel YouTube Premium and go back to free?

Android 14 is late in the beta stage and should be seeing a stable release relatively soon. An update to the YouTube app today sees it crash on Android 14 when navigating to the Library tab.

The price of an individual YouTube Premium subscription is increasing by $2 to $13.99 per month in the US for new and current customers.

Boosting playback speed is a common occurrence with most YouTube content these days, especially with podcasts, and Google is making it easier to 2x videos with a new gesture.

YouTube is adding an experimental new feature that blocks any touches or taps during a video. Confusingly named “Lock Screen,” this unreleased feature is available for Premium members to test out.

As it has done for the smart TV experience and Music, YouTube is now asking for feedback about YouTube Premium with a poll on top issues and complaints.

YouTube ads have gotten way out of hand in recent years, but despite that, ads are still necessary to handle the costs of running the world’s largest video platform, and paying the millions of creators that make it all possible. Now, the company is confirming that it is actively testing blocking ad blockers on YouTube, and that seems to include on mobile devices, too.

For some reason, YouTube now lets Premium subscribers earn badges that are based on usage. There does not appear to be any benefits to collecting them. 

Following Stadia’s death at the start of this year, Google looks to be planning another gaming initiative inside YouTube with “Playables.”

YouTube has started rolling out a new feature called “1080p Premium,” which is only accessible through its Premium tier. So does that mean YouTube is downgrading regular 1080p for free users? Probably not – here’s what’s actually happening.

One of the latest new features for YouTube Premium subscribers is a new 1080p tier with a better bitrate, and Google is now testing that feature with some users on Android and Google TV.

YouTube has announced today that it will lower the requirements for creators to use video monetization through the YouTube Partner Program in 2023, with fairly drastic cuts across both regular videos and Shorts.

NFL Sunday Ticket will bring a lot of new features to YouTube and YouTube TV, but one thing coming over from the DirecTV days will be “condensed” replays of games.

NFL Sunday Ticket is coming to YouTube and YouTube TV later this year, and while the best pre-purchase deal may be over, another offer will be in place for a while longer.

NFL Sunday Ticket is making its debut on YouTube and YouTube TV in just a few months, but the early discount for the service is ending very soon.

YouTube is doing away with one feature next month that just might be all but forgotten – Stories. How big of an effect this will actually have on creators is unknown.

YouTube’s big podcasts push has most certainly arrived, with podcasts now in the YouTube Music app. But it seems the platform isn’t done, with YouTube currently testing uploading podcasts via RSS, but only with select shows.