YouTube has announced that creators will soon be able to deploy a question-and-answer session in chat during a live broadcast or YouTube Premieres thanks to a new tool called “Live Q&A” session. The question-and-answer session can be moderated, and the restrictions that apply to your live chat settings will also apply to the session itself. […]
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You can now watch YouTube Shorts on your Smart TV, Streaming Device, or Gaming Console
YouTube wants to reinforce the notion that vertical short-form video is here to stay and what better way to do it than to continue expanding the platform to more devices? This is exactly what is happening right now with YouTube shorts, which, starting today, will debut a brand-new experience on TVs. The new look underwent […]
Continue ReadingGoogle launches Primetime Channels to watch your favorite shows within the YouTube app
YouTube has begun to roll out, in less than 3 months since the rumors started circling, its new Primetime Channels feature. This was first reported back in August by The Wall Street Journal when it confirmed that Google had been working on integrating streaming channels into the main YouTube app experience. These reports have now […]
Continue ReadingCreator Music for YouTube to roll out widely to creators in the partner program
Last month, Google formally introduced YouTube Creator Music to the masses after a lengthy Beta period. Creator Music is a new location within YouTube Studio that provides access to a growing selection of music for creators to use in their long-form videos. Creators can now buy licenses for these tracks at reasonable prices in order […]
Continue ReadingYouTube to roll out visual tweaks for a more modern look
In honor of YouTube having turned 17 years old earlier this year, Google has begun to roll out a few new visual tweaks to its mobile, web, and SmartTV interfaces to provide a cleaner and more modern look. These changes came about from the input YouTube gathered from viewers around the world on what would […]
Continue ReadingYouTube Premium Family Plan gets a price hike
If you are a YouTube Premium Family Plan member, you may have received an email yesterday that starting November 21, 2022, the price on your plan will go from $17.99 a month to $22.99 a month. I received the email myself yesterday and immediately checked to see if others had gotten the same. It appears […]
Continue ReadingAfter 12 years, YouTube’s 4K streaming option may soon be locked behind a Premium paywall
Google can do whatever it wants with its products and services – I know that there’s really no stopping it or changing its mind when it’s made it up. We see this most evidently in the death of Stadia, and no matter what the end user thinks or feels, money speaks. What really bothers me […]
Continue ReadingYouTube TV may finally be worth trying out again thanks to new “standalone” pricing
In my opinion, YouTube TV took a nosedive when it started losing a bunch of networks to content provider negotiations going south. On top of that, the base pricing of $64.99 USD was untenable for me and many others. Sure, it may be a great deal for those seeking cable replacements, but in the world […]
Continue ReadingYouTube creates ad-free player for students, brings courses and quizzes to educational videos
Whether you’re a student working on class assignments, studying a foreign language, or exploring new career opportunities, YouTube has content for you. Unfortunately, that content isn’t always perfectly tailored or appropriate for all audiences, and when it comes to young learners, YouTube’s autoplay feature often tosses something entirely unexpected onto the screen at a moment’s […]
Continue ReadingYouTube’s latest experiment lets you watch videos with friends in real-time via Google Meet
Not a month ago, Google announced that it would be bringing direct integration of YouTube, Spotify, ‘Kahoot!’, and more into your live Meet calls to make them more fun and interactive, and today, we get the very first show of this with YouTube’s latest experiment. By visiting youtube.com/new, Premium subscribers can enable this starting today, […]
Continue ReadingYou’ll soon be able to mindlessly scroll through YouTube Shorts on your living room TV
Google’s “Shorts” have done anything but fall short of the company’s expectations. In the time since the feature has been released, it’s amassed 30 billion daily views in an effort to compete with TikTok, Instagram and Facebook Reels, and so on. The jury is still out on how badly placing Shorts on your main YouTube […]
Continue ReadingYouTube Music begins to show users their Summer 2022 Recap
The YouTube Music Recap for the Summer is finally here, or at least rolling out to its users starting today. This follows the Spring Music recap released in June and offers a look back at all the songs you listened to the most during the summer. Global views from May 30th to August 17th counted […]
Continue ReadingGoogle Podcasts begins its YouTube merger with a new, dedicated Explore page category
Last year, we learned that Google had big plans to absorb its Podcasts content directly into the YouTube user experience and even appointed a new leader to clean it all up and make it presentable in the video streaming app. At that time, we had no idea what that would look like in practicality, but […]
Continue ReadingYouTube Shorts begin appearing in Google Discover
I was browsing through Google Discover on my Pixel 6 Pro last night – you know, checking out the latest #FloridaMan news – and I happened upon a grid-based section of videos that I’d never seen before. Apparently, YouTube’s Reels or TikTok-style videos called “Shorts” are now being promoted directly in your feed to help […]
Continue ReadingStreaming services want to invade and ruin your YouTube experience, and Google may let them
I may be biased in saying this, but it seems like Google will do anything to force YouTube TV down your throat, even if it must mix it with a little bit of what you love in order to make it palatable. Now, I’m not talking about cable channels themselves, per se, but the incessant […]
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