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YouTube Kids Updated With “Older” Version as Young Billy Nears the Hell That is Puberty

Tim September 13, 2018

Kids grow up. It's what they do. In a new update, YouTube is having the YouTube Kids app grow up right alongside your kid with the introduction of a new "Older" version inside of the app, aimed at kids age 8 to 12. Turned on from an existing Profile page, the...

YouTube Dark Mode on Android is Here!

Kellen September 5, 2018

Six months later, YouTube gets dark theme It's here. YouTube's dark mode on Android is here. For real this time. We were first told about YouTube for Android's dark mode back in March of this year, as a coming soon type of item. It's September, so you know, it...

YouTube Can Now Tell You Exactly How Much Time You Spend Watching Videos

Tim August 27, 2018

As part of Google's Digital Wellbeing initiative that was introduced at this year's Google I/O, YouTube is rolling out a function that allows users to view exactly how much time they've spent watching videos. Rolling out today and located via your account's...

YouTube Signature Devices Are Now a Thing, Plenty of Phones Already Labeled as One

Tim August 10, 2018

Yesterday at Samsung's Unpacked event, the Galaxy Note 9 was introduced as a YouTube Signature Device. That was the first time we have ever heard that term, but recently, YouTube fully explained what that means and we've learned it's not only Galaxy Note 9...

Yep, Tapping the YouTube Progress Bar is Broken, but a Fix is Coming

Kellen July 25, 2018

Over the past week, as a YouTube user, you probably noticed that skipping forward or backwards in a video doesn't work like it should. Typically, when you tap ahead or back in a video on the progress bar, it would jump to that spot. Well, that's been broken....

Free YouTube TV Credits Coming to Subscribers After World Cup Outage

Kellen July 12, 2018

After yesterday's YouTube TV outage during the World Cup match between England and Croatia, YouTube has decided they need to "make this right." In order to take a step towards doing just that, YouTube TV will hand you (subscribers) all a week of free service....

YouTube for Android Gets Incognito Mode

Tim July 10, 2018

The official YouTube app for Android has been updated with an Incognito Mode this morning, available in what should be app version 13.25.56 and newer. With this mode enabled, you can browse and watch YouTube videos while leaving no virtual trail, at least...

YouTube TV is Down at the Moment (Updated: Back!)

Kellen June 29, 2018

YouTube TV is down! Well, it has logged everyone out at the moment and won't let anyone log back in, so that means something is up. We're having issues with YouTube TV on the web, in its Android app, and on Xbox One. Users at reddit and Google's product forums...