Tag: YouTube
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Google Will Soon Delete Inactive Accounts, But Makes An Exception For YouTube Accounts
Today Google again announced plans to delete inactive accounts to free up these usernames for new owners. According to Google, if you have not used your Google account in the last two years, starting in December 2023, they will start deleting these accounts. This news applies to all their platforms except one, and that is…
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Netflix & YouTube Have More Daytime Viewers Than ABC, CBS, FOX, and NBC As Cable TV Viewership Continues to Drop
We have all heard about how cable TV is struggling as they lose subscribers but they are also losing the battle of viewership. Now according to new numbers from TV Grim Reaper, who follows the world of TV, shows us how streaming is dominating traditional cable TV. TV Grim Reaper on Twitter follows streaming and…
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YouTube Raises The Price of YouTube Premium
Have you ever wished you could watch YouTube ad-free and download your videos for when you are offline? Now you will have to pay a little more as last night YouTube quietly raised the price of YouTube Premium by $2 a month to $13.99 or an annual subscription of $139.99, as first spotted by 9to5Google.…
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YouTube is Adding a New Feature to Make Watching Videos A Lot More Enjoyable
Have you ever been watching a video, and suddenly it goes from quiet to crazy load hurting your ears? Good news YouTube is testing a new “stable volume” feature that appears to help ensure the volume never gets to crazy load or too quiet. First spotted on Reddit and by M. Brandom Lee, this feature…
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YouTube is Rolling Out Quizzes To See if You Are Learning Anything
YouTube today announced that they are going to make YouTube a little more educational. Now, YouTube has started to roll out quizzes that creators can make about their videos. After you watch an educational video, you can now have the option to take a quiz on watch you watched to see if you learned anything.…
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YouTube is Testing Out AI-Powered Quizzes To See if You Are Learning Anything
Have you noticed your YouTube doesn’t quite match the app on your friends and family’s devices? That’s because YouTube is testing out several new features with select users. YouTube has a list of experiments on its help page going back a few years. While not all experiments have proven successful enough to launch to all…
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YouTube Premium is Testing a New Lock Screen Feature
Do you subscribe to YouTube Premium? Right now, YouTube is testing a new Premium-only feature that allows you to enjoy your video without worrying about mistakenly bumping controls. Right now, in the try new features part of YouTube Premium, there is a new feature to test out until July 30th, 2023. Here is how Google…
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YouTube is Launching a New Tougher Crackdown to Stop Ad Blockers
If you’re a fan of YouTube and ad blockers, here’s your warning. YouTube is getting strict with ad blocker users while promoting its Premium tier subscription plan. YouTube generates revenue for both the streaming service and content creators by either playing ads or having members sign up for an $11.99 monthly individual subscription plan ($119.99…
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YouTube is Testing Adding Games You Can Play on YouTube
Google is planning to launch a new online gaming product for YouTube called Playables. The gaming tech will allow members to instantly play games via mobile devices or computers through the YouTube app. “Gaming has long been a focus at YouTube. We’re always experimenting with new features but have nothing to announce right now,” said…
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YouTube is Launching a New Premium 1080p on Select Google TV Devices
YouTube has been experimenting with a new 1080p content tier since last year, which provides more information per pixel for higher-quality video viewing. Earlier this year, the upgrade was available only to YouTube Premium members on Apple TV and iPhone devices. In an announcement released last April, YouTube stated: “To provide an even higher video…