Google just made YouTube worse on mobile, but it was bound to happen

Google has plugged a known loophole that allowed Android users to access background playback without a Premium subscription.

YouTube may be blocking background play on third-party browsers (Update: Google confirms)

YouTube's background play feature has stopped working on Samsung Internet, Microsoft Edge, Brave, and other browsers.

Here's how Google is using YouTube errors to crack down on ad blockers

Google is reportedly using YouTube errors, preventing video playback, to get users to disable ad blockers in their browsers.

Google temporarily disabled YouTube’s advanced captions without warning

Google’s forum post says that while SRV3 is disabled, creators will not be able to upload new SRV3 captions. Videos that ...
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YouTube Leads Google AI Overviews Citations for Health Queries

A study suggests that Google’s AI has started prioritizing YouTube videos over hospitals, medical journals, and government ...
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Google forces YouTube UK ratings shutdown

Google has forced UK television measurement providers Barb and Kantar to suspend their “landmark service" that compares ...

Rand Paul: I’ve changed my mind — Google and YouTube can’t be trusted to do the right thing and must be reined in

Though Google refused to remove the defamatory content, the individual who posted the video finally took down the video under ...

If you use Google AI for symptoms, know it cites YouTube a lot

A study of 50,807 German health searches found Google’s AI Overviews cite YouTube more than any other site. The AI also pulls ...

Google’s Gemini AI will use what it knows about you from Gmail, Search, and YouTube

Google’s Gemini AI is getting what could prove to be a very big upgrade: To help answers from Gemini be more personalized, the company is going to let you connect the chatbot to Gmail, Google Photos, ...