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YouTube iOS app getting ambient mode, plus zoom and rewind gestures

In addition to new pinch and swiping gestures, YouTube is adding a new, darker theme to its iOS app, online experience, and smart TV apps.

William Gallagher | 1 year ago

YouTube Premium Family Plan gets a big price hike

Apple users who are paying for the YouTube Premium Family Plan via in-app purchase will see a substantial price hike on top of an already steep increase for the service.

Amber Neely | 1 year ago

YouTube drops 'experiment' reserving 4K for paying viewers

Following multiple reports that YouTube was planning to charge viewers to watch 4K videos, the company has called it an experiment that has now been "turned off."

William Gallagher | 1 year ago

Get ready to pay to see 4K video on YouTube

YouTube viewers may have to pay if they want high-resolution streams in future, as the video service is testing limiting 4K video resolution to Premium subscribers.

Malcolm Owen | 1 year ago

YouTubers test durability of Apple Watch Ultra in different ways

The Apple Watch Ultra is a durable wearable device, and YouTubers have tested it in varying ways, with one testing out its diving capability while the other tested the screen with a hammer.

Malcolm Owen | 1 year ago

Adding water cooling to the Mac Studio does surprisingly little

A YouTube video shows how a challenging attempt to add water-cooling to the Mac Studio ultimately doesn't make much of an improvement to performance.

Malcolm Owen | 1 year ago

Ex-Apple inventor describes how his VR patent works to solve car motion sickness

YouTube personality Mark Rober has talked about his time at Apple, including the reasoning behind his work on an augmented virtual display patent for the long-rumored Apple Car.

Malcolm Owen | 1 year ago

Apple YouTube video answers often-asked iPhone switching queries

Apple has published a new video to its official YouTube account to try and answer many of the potential questions Android users may have about switching over to an iPhone.

Malcolm Owen | 1 year ago

YouTube on iPhone: Safari vs YouTube app

The YouTube experience on the iPhone is slightly different between the Safari browser and the official YouTube app. Here's what's different, and the advantages and disadvantages.

Darryl Boxberger | 1 year ago

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YouTube rolls out Picture-in-Picture feature for iPhone and iPad

Those with iPhones and iPads will now be able to watch YouTube videos while browsing other apps — but there's one caveat.

Amber Neely | 1 year ago

YouTube flip-flops back to picture-in-picture not coming to iOS 15

YouTube has walked back a statement claiming that picture-in-picture support would be coming in "days" to its app on iOS.

Mike Peterson | 1 year ago

YouTube iOS Picture-in-Picture will return in days

YouTube support says that its iPhone Picture-in-Picture feature has not been killed off, and instead will be rolling out to iOS 15 devices shortly.

William Gallagher | 1 year ago

YouTube kills off Picture-in-Picture on iOS app

YouTube has disabled its experimental picture-in-picture mode for its iOS app, nine months after the trial of the feature commenced.

Malcolm Owen | 1 year ago

YouTube TV rolling out picture-in-picture support to iPhone and iPad

Starting Wednesday, a new feature rollout for YouTube TV will allow content to be played back in a smaller window on iPhone and iPad.

Darryl Boxberger | 1 year ago

Google stops all ad sales in Russia over Ukraine invasion

Google has announced that it is temporarily "pausing" ad sales in Russia, and reports growing censorship from the country's regulator.

William Gallagher | 1 year ago

How to watch the first episode of Apple TV+ 'The Afterparty' for free

Apple TV+ is heavily promoting its new murder mystery comedy, "The Afterparty," with its first episode now free on YouTube, and also a live Twitter streaming.

William Gallagher | 1 year ago

Google strikes deal to restore Disney networks to YouTube TV

Following a brief outage, YouTube TV is regaining access to Disney channels, with the media giant and Google reaching a deal to provide subscribers with the Disney-owned networks.

Malcolm Owen | 1 year ago

YouTube TV loses Disney networks as Google fails to make a deal

YouTube TV subscribers are no longer able to watch Disney-owned networks on the streaming service, after Google failed to make a new deal with the media giant before Friday's deadline.

Malcolm Owen | 1 year ago

App Tracking Transparency has hit social media for $10 billion in lost revenue so far

Apple's privacy push has cost social media companies dearly, with advertising revenue for Facebook, Twitter, Snap, and YouTube down almost $10 billion in the second half of 2021 due to iOS' App Tracking Transparency feature.

Malcolm Owen | 2 years ago

YouTube Music & Premium claims 50 million total users

Google has announced that its subscription services for YouTube have surpassed 50 million subscribers total, although that includes non-paying users still on a trial.