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Gmail, YouTube, and other Google services are experiencing an outage
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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.
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YouTube's Dark Mode is Finally Available on Android
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...
These Are the First Youtube Signature Devices
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...
YouTube videos on the iPhone X are about to get a lot more vibrant
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...
YouTube Remix replacing the soon-to-be-killed Google Play Music
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...
Breaking: Active shooter reported at YouTube HQ
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...
YouTube TV makes its way to Roku devices
Roku has announced that support for YouTube TV has finally arrived on an assortment of its devices. YouTube TV and Roku announced on Thursday that support is finally coming to the line of popular streaming devices. “We are thrilled to bring YouTube TV to our customers,” said Tedd Cittadine, Vice President, Content Distribution, Roku. “YouTube TV connects Roku users with great live TV...
YouTube is inexplicably demonetizing videos of the iPhone X
With iPhone X launching this week, the internet has been flooded with videos of Apple’s latest flagship. That’s par for the course with iPhone launch day, but for some odd reason, some of these videos are getting demonetized by YouTube. YouTube tech channels MKBHD, TLD and SuperSaf and blogger Casey Neistat have all seen their iPhone X videos demonetized. They took to Twitter to vent...
Google Home now chats with YouTube TV
Now you can control YouTube TV on a Chromecast using your voice. Google announced an update for both the live television streaming service and its digital assistant that allow the two to communicate. If you own Google Home, you’ll be able to ask Google Assistant to put on a specific channel or program. You can now stream YouTube TV with #GoogleAssistant. Link #GoogleHome with #...
YouTube goes down worldwide — Internet panics (UPDATED)
Bad news: YouTube is down for a number of users all over the world. According to Down Detector, the disruption began at around 9:05 AM (EDT) in Canada and the United States, and has since spread to some regions in Australia, Asia and Europe. It’s looking like it’s a pretty major outage; some users can’t even load the web page, while others can but are unable to stream...