YouTube has rolled out a new video player UI for its Android app that now lets you like, dislike, comment, add to playlist and share when you are watching a video in the full screen mode. The autoplay, casting and closed captions option on the top remain the same, but the three-dot overflow button has … Continue reading “YouTube for Android gets a new fullscreen video player UI”
YouTube has introduced a new feature called New to you that is designed to help users discover new creators and fresh content more easily on the platform. The feature is now rolling out on the YouTube homepage across mobile, desktop, and TV devices.
The YouTube Music app has now begun rolling out for select WearOS 2 smartwatches. One of the highlight features of the app is support for offline downloads that allows YouTube Music Premium subscribers to download music directly on to their WearOS smartwatch for an ad-free listening experience without being near their smartphone.
Searching on YouTube is an important tool that allow users to find different types of content on the video streaming platform. The feature is now getting an update where YouTube will begin showing video chapters right in the search results, show search results from other languages and more.
Back in 2019, YouTube launched its Premium and Music Premium subscription for ad-free videos and music in India and the company has been making changes to the plans like new non-recurring prepaid plans for India, etc. Following that now, the company is testing a new YouTube Premium Lite subscription.
Shopping online is becoming increasingly popular, and there is a rising need to shop for products that a user may come across in a video or on social media. To bridge this gap, YouTube has announced their acquisition of simsim, who specializes in connecting local businesses, influencers and customers.
The YouTube app has been seeing changes lately, with new features like the ‘Shorts’ tab replacing the ‘Explore’ tab. Similarly, Google is experimenting with the ‘Autoplay on Home’ feature on the YouTube app with some users.
The YouTube app for iOS and iPadOS is finally getting an update that will enable support for Picture-in-Picture (PiP) when viewing content. The feature is first rolling out to customers of YouTube Premium, and will later come to all free YouTube users.
Apple recently held their Keynote event for WWDC 2021, where they announced loads of new software updates. Even though it was rumoured, Apple did not announce any new hardware at the event. However, hidden with the keywords of the Apple WWDC 2021 Keynote YouTube video, the terms ‘M1X’ and ‘M1X MacBook Pro’ were spotted, which … Continue reading “Apple M1X MacBook Pro surfaces in WWDC 2021 Keynote YouTube video tags”
Google’s translation capabilities are some of the best in the industry. So it is no surprise when Google brings those capabilities to various services they offer. YouTube is now testing translation options in its interface on both the desktop client and the mobile app.
YouTube is easily one of the largest platforms for video content platforms on the internet and it is very easy to get buried among the mountain of video uploaded every second. In an effort to help creators from all backgrounds, including those from minorities, YouTube is introducing a few updates to the platform such as … Continue reading “YouTube will now ask users to reconsider posting offensive comments”
YouTube’s Premiere feature has become quite a successful for creators, artists, and publishers on the platform since its launch. They are now introducing three new features to improve the experience, namely Live Redirect, Trailers, and Countdown Themes.
YouTube is testing two new features that are aimed at helping creators and video uploaders spend less time when editing their videos. The first feature is an automatic video chapter creator and the second is a simple timestamp button, both of which are being tested right now with a small set of people.
YouTube is rolling out a new update to its mobile app for both iOS and Android, adding multiple new features such as Video Chapters, a better video player with more accessible controls and gestures, and new suggested actions.
