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YouTube Premium Gets 5 New Features, 3 are Experimental

Kellen June 27, 2024 21

Most of us subscribe to YouTube Premium because we can't stand watching ads. Sure, some also enjoy YouTube Music as a part of the fee, but we really pay YouTube every single month because watching ads before or during a YouTube video is an awful experience. So...

YouTube Playables Now Available to More Users

Tim May 28, 2024 2

Late last year, YouTube added Playables to its Android and iOS app for Premium subscribers. Playables is a library of gaming titles that you can play within the YouTube app. There are titles like Angry Birds Showdown, Cut the Rope, and many more. Announced...

Rivian to Add Google Cast, Native YouTube App

Kellen May 15, 2024 9

Owners of the Rivian R1T or R1S typically have one complaint that they are very vocal about and constantly shout to anyone who will listen. They want Apple Carplay or Android Auto because they aren't quite satisfied with Rivian's infotainment system (which is...

YouTube for TVs is Getting a Nice Change When Viewing Comments, More

Kellen March 13, 2024 1

Want to hear a wild stat? People consume 1 billion hours per day of YouTube on TVs. Just. On. TVs. That's crazy, right? Imagining a world where we watch 1 billion hours across all YouTube platforms is nuts by itself, but today, Google says that we're hitting...

Grandfathered YouTube Premium Subscribers Rate Increase Set for January

Tim December 8, 2023 17

Many of us around these parts are continuing to cling tightly to our $7.99/month YouTube Premium subscriptions. This price dates back to the Google Play Music and YouTube Red days, but alas, it appears our time has finally come. In an email reported to be sent...

Your YouTube Music 2023 Recap is Now Live

Tim November 30, 2023 6

People were mad on the internet yesterday, not for politics or sports, but for recaps. Spotify made its end-of-year recaps available, which is an event for some people, while YouTube Music had yet to push theirs. It turned into a meme on social media, as if...

YouTube “Playables” Arrive for Premium as Games You Can Play on YouTube

Kellen November 24, 2023 7

YouTube Premium's benefits expanded this holiday week with the addition of Playables into the app. Playables, as the name sort of suggests, are playable items/games within YouTube that are free of cost (for now) and could bring you simple entertainment on both...

YouTube Premium Got a Bunch of New Features: AI, Enhanced Bitrate on Android, More

Kellen November 15, 2023 11

As YouTube Premium's price continues to increase, Google is at least trying to convince us all that new features could still show up from time to time, making the subscription (outside of the ad-free experience) worth it . Today, YouTube confirmed a couple of...