Articles tagged "YouTube"

Shortly after YouTube announced its crackdown on ad blockers, the platform shared plans on improving its paid Premium service to incentivize people to start paying for YouTube. So, in a way, not only do you skip the ads, but you also gain access to...

YouTube started a massive campaign against ad blockers, preventing those who use them from viewing content. The company urged users to opt for the Premium tiers instead that have no ads, among other benefits. Today, customers from all corners of...

Back in June, YouTube announced that it was running a "small experiment" globally where it urged a tiny subset of people using ad blockers to disable them if they want to view content on the platform. This is no longer a "small experiment"....

YouTube Music for Wear OS just received a new update and it's a bit of a mixed bag. It does fix a long-standing issue when browsing tracks in albums, but it also introduces an interesting solution to playing order, to put it mildly. The new...

Music streaming services are everywhere these days, and did you know that Google has one too? It's called YouTube Music and starting today it wants to help you discover new music in a very addictive fashion. So it's adding a new tab called Samples,...

If you are at least a semi-tech-savvy internet user, odds are high that you are either using an ad block in YouTube, or you are paying for the Premium tier, which has no ads. And Google is looking for ways of limiting that former option as it's...

YouTube Stories will cease to exist from June 26. The temporary post medium is being phased out and all YouTube Stories shared on June 26 will expire in seven days’ time. The accompanying community post suggests that YouTube is removing Stories in...

Google announced YouTube Music users will start getting podcast support, starting with the United States. The good thing is the new feature, which was teased back in February, will not require a paid YouTube Music plan. The feature will work...

YouTube's paid subscription tier is today adding five more features it hopes will differentiate it enough from the free tier to get you to pay for it every month. YouTube Premium subscribers can now use a queueing system on phones and tablets,...

YouTube viewed through a desktop browser still shows the so-called “overlay ads” – as their name suggests, they appear on top of the video (at the bottom edge). These are annoying and even the YouTube team agrees, so they are about to be...

Like many of its contemporaries, YouTube Music will soon be adding podcasts to its library of audio and video content. YouTube's head of podcasting, Kai Chuk, confirmed to The Verge that the feature is arriving "in the near future." Podcasts will...

YouTube appears to be testing a new option for users streaming YouTube from the mobile app. As spotted by Reddit user u/KZedUK (via This is Tech Today), A new option for stream quality appeared called “1080p Premium” described to have “Enhanced...

YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki, one of the most prominent women in the world of tech, has just announced that she will be stepping down from her role. In a letter addressed to YouTube employees, Wojcicki explains her reason for stepping down as CEO is...

Shorts revenue sharing launched this month, and now the video platform is rolling out its “Creator Music” catalog. Announced back in September, creators would be able to purchase licenses to use music in their videos outright or share ad revenue...

The developers behind YouTube Music have announced a new Listening Room - a Discord channel for users to give feedback on early access features. Anyone can apply and they'll need to answer a questionnaire about their musical type and their...

Reportedly, YouTube is testing a new, ad-supported service - TV channel streaming. The company is currently in talks with various companies to bring TV shows, movies and whole TV channels to its platform. In fact, YouTube said it's already trialing...

YouTube is finally bringing “add to queue” to Premium users on Android and iOS. The feature has been available on the YouTube app for smart TVs and on the desktop version. YouTube says the “add to queue” feature will remain in testing until January...

In its latest blog post, YouTube gives us an update on how its fight against spam, bots and abusive language is going and introduces new and updated tools to tackle the issues more successfully. In its statement, YouTube says that those are the main...

Like Spotify, YouTube has a habit of sharing a yearly list of its top videos. We are now getting the 2022 editions, starting with the US. The top trending videos include Technoblade's father's farewell message to him, TheGuardian's uncensored...

Spotify Wrapped is a yearly overview of user habits on the audio streaming platform, allowing subscribers to share their own favorites on social media in an engaging way. The company also releases an aggregated edition, revealing the top songs,...