YouTube has a new prestigious Red Diamond Award for creators who surpass 100 million subscribers. The only two YouTube accounts to currently do that are Indian music label T-Series and Swedish gaming personality PewDiePie.
After an investigation from the FTC, Google has agreed to pay a fine up to $200 million for collecting personal information on minors without their parent's permission.
After over a year and a half of fighting, the YouTube app is returning to Fire TV devices — along with Prime Video support for Chromecast and Android TV.
You can still use Chromecast if you want, but having a native app is so much better.
Google is experiencing an outage where most of its services are unavailable to users in the U.S., with Gmail, YouTube, and Drive all reporting as down.
YouTube is finally making good on its promise by rolling out the much anticipated Dark Mode to Android users. Back in March, YouTube announced Dark Mode was coming to Android users. Most assumed that meant it would roll out in a matter of days, if not a week or two, but six months later, the feature had not been available to Android users. More maddening was the fact that feature was...
YouTube Signature Devices are here. After looking through the details, it’s clear that these phones are optimized to handle all forms of premium video. The best part is that you don’t have to run out and purchase a new phone. More than 15 phones are listed on the YouTube Device Report. Aside from their names, screen sizes, video resolutions, and release dates are shown. Based on the...
Last year, YouTube started to experiment with support for High Dynamic Range (HDR) videos on Apple’s iPhone. The feature allowed for better, more dynamic video to be seen. However, the feature was only available for a few weeks before it was pulled, but it appears to be making a comeback. YouTube has been holding trials for HDR support for some iPhone X devices and it looks like it is...
Google’s next music streaming service will combine two existing products. While the branding for one will stick around, the other is set to be killed off. The plan is for Google to leverage YouTube’s name and reputation as a way to attract subscribers to its service. With that decision seemingly locked in, it would mean Google Play Music will be shut down in the near future. YouTube...
Update (2:40PM PT): YouTube experienced an active shooter situation on Tuesday afternoon, leaving several victims in the hospital with injuries. The San Bruno Police Department confirmed there's one individual left deceased from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, a female who is the suspect. It's unknown if the suspect worked at YouTube or another Google subsidiary. Original (1:15PM PT...