YouTube’s desktop site is much more capable than its mobile version. While the mobile version tends to be faster and more convenient, the desktop version’s wide range of options and functionalities make it the preferred of the two. Hence, it is crucial to understand how to visit the YouTube desktop site in Chrome or other …
MTV’s steady and somewhat sad transformation into a channel more widely know for reality TV programming than for music seemingly signaled the end of the music video era. But in February of 2005, YouTube came along and completely changed the game. Not only did YouTube’s massive popularity help bring the visual art form known as …
In recent years, free, ad-supported TV (FAST) services have become increasingly popular in the US and abroad. Some of the more popular services are Tubi, Pluto TV, and now The Roku Channel. And now YouTube is entering the arena with thousands of free TV shows of its own. On Wednesday, YouTube announced that full seasons …
Netflix has just put a full documentary on YouTube, making Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom available free to anyone interested in understanding the Russia-Ukraine war. The move came late on Friday, just as Russia announced a new fake news law meant to hinder dissent in the country. Anyone disseminating news about the war …
The Chromecast was a breakout hit product when the first generation model launched in 2013. Much has changed since then, with Google giving the Chromecast two extensive design makeovers. The last refresh came about a year ago, delivering a significant hardware redesign. The Chromecast with Google TV is also the first media player dongle from …
Google experimented with a big YouTube user interface change earlier this year when it decided to hide the number of likes videos get on the platform. Google explained that the move should protect smaller channels from being attacked by coordinated dislike attacks. YouTube started the test in late March, and is now finally ready to …
Way back in 2018, YouTube introduced picture-in-picture mode on Android. Three years later, the feature finally made its way to iOS. This would allow iPhone and iPad users to continue watching a video in the miniplayer outside of the YouTube app. Unfortunately, that rollout wasn’t especially wide, and it was only available to select YouTube …
Google on Tuesday announced a series of changes to some of its biggest services to give kids greater control over their digital footprints. As Google notes in a recent blog post, there are a number of policies and features in place to keep minors safe. For example, Family Link allows parents to create supervised accounts …
At this point, most of us have learned to live with the endless barrage of ads on YouTube. It’s the cost of having limitless entertainment at our fingertips. Of course, there are ways to stop the ads. If you’re willing to pay $11.99 a month for a YouTube Premium subscription, you can watch YouTube videos …
Google announced two security updates for YouTube and Google Drive that will essentially break old links that were publicly shared with others. The changes might not be immediately noticeable, and they might impact users disproportionately, so it’s not something that most Google users need to worry about. But those people who happen to have access …
