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YouTube will now allow users to comment on music videos that are automatically generated. The change has been brought for both YouTube mobile apps and desktop client. The ability to comment on such videos, called “Art Tracks” has been re-enabled after a pause of two years. The change was noticed by some users in the … Read more
YouTube was recently reported to be testing a feature called “Queue” that allows users to add any video to the queue, edit the order in which videos are played or remove videos from the queue. The feature is a part of ‘experimental features’ that are tested by YouTube Premium subscribers.YouTube first rolls out these features … Read more
The YouTube video platform has won the right to broadcast most NFL football games in the US next year, it announced Thursday, a major win by the Google subsidiary that underscores the growing role of streaming in sports. Google will pay around $2 billion (roughly Rs. 17,000 crore) a year over seven years, US media … Read more
Union minister Anurag Thakur on Thursday said 104 YouTube channels, 45 videos, four Facebook accounts, three Instagram accounts, five Twitter handles and six websites have been blocked for spreading misinformation and threatening national security. Responding to questions in the Rajya Sabha, Thakur said section 69A of the Information Technology Act provides for blocking of content … Read more
YouTube recently redesigned the apps and web interface of the platform which includes the new interface, precise seeking, ambient mode and more. Now, the company is reportedly testing a new more subtle progress bar, reports 9to5Google.According to the report, the new video progress bar won’t be Red all the time. If you can’t remember, open … Read more
Google has announced a new learning programme on its video platform YouTube as an effort to support rich learning experience and a monetisation option for the content creators. The search engine giant made the announcement at the Google For India 2022 event held at New Delhi yesterday. Titled ‘Courses’, the product involves a select group … Read more
CEO of Google and Alphabet, Sundar Pichai, on Monday highlighted investments in AI that the company shared at Google for India event to make India’s digital economy more inclusive, helpful, and safe by introducing a multimodal AI model that covers 100+ Indian languages, ML-powered bilingual search results pages (launching in India first), support for a … Read more
Search engine giant Google on Sunday said it has terminated 7,599 YouTube channels, an AdSense account and three Blogger blogs as part of its ongoing investigation into ‘coordinated influence operations’ linked to China. In a post on Google’s Threat Analysis Group website, the technology behemoth said the blacklisted channels and blogs uploaded spam content in … Read more
YouTube Music is reportedly testing a new feature that allows users to create a custom radio list. Currently, the music streaming platform lets users customize their music queue in the Now Playing section, based on the genre and mood of the song being played. According to the report, the ‘Create a Radio’ feature, still in … Read more
YouTube has started testing out an ‘Add to Queue’ feature on its Android and iOS apps. Currently, the feature has been made available for testing to YouTube Premium subscribers only. So far, the mobile app versions of YouTube, on both iOS and Android, have only been known to feature ‘Save To Watch Later’ and ‘Save … Read more