While YouTube has always been active about the content that goes on YouTube, off late, there’s a growing trend around the content that attempts to pass as family-friendly when it clearly doesn’t. YouTube videos are acceptable for adults, others are completely unacceptable. Today YouTube has announced five ways that it is using to protect families on YouTube and YouTube Kids. Continue reading “YouTube outlines its approach to protect families on YouTube and YouTube Kids”
YouTube TV was introduced back in April with content from networks 35 of other cable networks for $35 per month. Using ChromeCast or another streaming device, you can stream the content from your mobile device to your TVs as well as there was no native YouTube TV app. Today the company has finally launched a proper Android TV app; the YouTube TV.
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YouTube added High Dynamic Range (HDR) video support in November last year. Now, Google is rolling out support for HDR videos in the mobile YouTube app.
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YouTube has rolled out a major overhaul and new features for its mobile and desktop app. The move comes from Google owned video sharing site to offer a more consistent look across desktop and mobile. Continue reading “YouTube gets new logo, Material Design UI for desktop and new look for mobile apps”
YouTube has started rolling out its in-app messaging feature which has been in testing for over an year. The feature will give YouTube users an ability to share videos and chat with their contacts directly from within the app.
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In a bid to combat terrorism, Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter and YouTube have formed the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism. “We believe that by working together, sharing the best technological and operational elements of our individual efforts, we can have a greater impact on the threat of terrorist content online”, Facebook said in its blog post. Continue reading “Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter and YouTube team up for anti-terror group”
YouTube has shared some interesting metrics about video consumption on its platform. YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki shared in a blog post that 1.5 billion logged in viewers visit YouTube every single month which is equivalent to one in five people around the world.
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With an aim to make VR content easier to create and boost VR video, YouTube has announced a new format for videos. Dubbed as VR180, the new video format essentially cuts 360-degree videos in half to focus on what is right in front of the camera. Continue reading “YouTube introduces new VR180 content format for videos”
YouTube has announced heatmaps for 360-degree and VR videos. The new analytic tools will allow users to take a look at how viewers are interacting with 360-degree and VR videos. The insight for these contents are available only for videos with over 1,000 views. Continue reading “YouTube introduces heatmaps for 360-degree and VR videos”
YouTube for Android has received an update that brings a refreshed UI and a new bottom navigation bar. The main aim to shift the navigation bar to the bottom is to make it easier for users to reach the tabs with your thumb. Continue reading “YouTube for Android gets bottom navigation bar and revamps UI”
YouTube is now making it easier for everyone to start live-streaming on mobile devices. At the Google I/O developer conference 2017, YouTube announced that it has removed the limitation of having more than 10,000 subscribers in order to live stream from mobile devices. Continue reading “YouTube mobile live streaming is now open to all”
YouTube has unveiled a new look for its desktop client that boasts of several Material Design features. The company has now started rolling out preview of the revamped site for its users. People can now opt-in to check out the new look. Continue reading “YouTube unveils revamped Material Design interface for desktop”
YouTube is asking users to help creators by translating video titles and descriptions. The company has now expanded its Community Contributions to to let you translate not just captions but video titles and descriptions. Continue reading “YouTube creators can now crowdsource translation for video titles and descriptions”
YouTube has announced that more than 180 million Indians are watching videos on mobile phones. The video sharing service revealed that 2016 was the year of online creators in India with 14 creators hitting 1 million subscribers every month. Continue reading “Over 180 Million Indians are watching videos on mobile, says YouTube”
YouTube is finally foraying into the entertainment streaming business. The Google owned company has announced YouTube TV live streaming service that will bundle content from networks and about 35 of other cable networks for $35 per month. Continue reading “YouTube unveils YouTube TV streaming service for $35 per month”
