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.
After rolling out the dual-column layout for descriptions and comments, the YouTube app on TVs is prominently showcasing “key moments.”
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YouTube Shorts have only been around for a little while now, but they’re a big deal, and making money for over 25% of channels in YouTube’s Partner Program.
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YouTube is consistently rolling out new features to a small set of users before they become widely available, known as “experiments.” The latest one called “jump ahead” skips to the best parts of a YouTube video for you.
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After announcing the initiative late last year, YouTube is now launching its requirement for creators to disclose the use of “altered or synthetic” content which includes AI.
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To date, YouTube on televisions has been a leanback experience focused on displaying fullscreen content. An upcoming redesign of YouTube video player for TVs adds more interactivity.
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Xiaomi is removing a feature in its latest updates that allowed users to play YouTube videos in the background without subscribing to Premium.
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A major outage from Meta has taken down Facebook, Instagram, and other products, but it seems that some users are also seeing issues with some Google services.
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Picture-in-picture support is super handy for keeping a video in view while you’re getting stuff done on your phone or tablet but, on YouTube, it requires a Premium subscription for some users. Lately, though, YouTube seems to have been expanding picture-in-picture support to more free users.
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YouTube Create brings video editing to Android, negating the need for a high-end computer and file transfers. Now, the YouTube Create app is available in 13 more countries and brings some convenient features.
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Last May, Google integrated YouTube Kids into the main YouTube app on smart TVs. This will soon be the only way to access YouTube Kids on television.
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YouTube’s work on optimizing the viewing experience for connected/smart TVs continues with a redesign of channel pages for all Creators.
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Last Week Tonight aired its Season 11 premiere last night, but the latest video from John Oliver is not yet available on YouTube.
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Rolling out now, YouTube Shorts is adding the ability to add content from official music videos to your Shorts.
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YouTube CEO Neal Mohan today shared what the video service is focusing on in 2024. At a high-level, it’s AI, elevating creators, safety, and the “next frontier” of the living room and subscriptions.
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No* Google apps are available on the Apple Vision Pro at launch, but YouTube revealed today that a “Vision Pro app is on [its] roadmap.”
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YouTube is experimenting with a rather curious way to surface video: feeds organized by color.
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Over the past week or two, for some users, the YouTube app on Android has been stuck in a loop of crashing.
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Following last week’s layoffs across hardware, Assistant, engineering, and ads, YouTube is cutting around 100 roles as part of a restructuring to Creator management and operations.
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YouTube’s crackdown on ad blockers has had a lot of effects for users, but according to YouTube, the latest wave of browser slowdowns aren’t actually a result of the company’s actions after all.
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YouTube recently started slowing down its entire site whenever ad blockers are used. A new wave of slowdowns is hitting users, with the only resolutions being disabling the ad blocker or upgrading to premium.
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YouTube is now letting audio-first podcasts upload episodes via RSS feed instead of making them manually create a video.
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Earlier this week, Peloton announced a partnership with YouTube TV to bring All-Access members the ability to stream their favorite content. Keep reading below the fold to learn more.
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Introduced last year, Ambient Mode in YouTube for Android has been updated to be much more vibrant.
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Amid its ongoing efforts to crack down on ad blockers on the web, YouTube has now announced that, for the sake of a “better streaming experience,” it will lessen how many ads you see on TV, but they’ll be getting longer.
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