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AndroidiOSYouTubeMay 22, 2020

YouTube releases Bedtime reminders as part of digital well-being initiative

Rida Imran

Focusing on the well-being of its viewers, YouTube has released a new bed-time reminders feature for its app. To limit late night screen time on the platform, users can now set suitable viewing durations with start and end times in…

FacebookInstagramTwitterYouTubeApr 7, 2020Apr 10, 2020

Apple will live stream One World:Together At Home concert by Global Citizen and WHO

Rida Imran

Global Citizen and the World health Organization have arranged ‘One World: Together At Home’, a virtual concert for a global audience to be aired live on 18th April at 8 p.m. Eastern Time and 5 p.m. Pacific Time. Apple is…

YouTubeApr 7, 2020Apr 10, 2020

YouTube steps in to restrict 5G and COVID-19 conspiracy theories

Rida Imran

As the matter of ablazed 5G towers draws attention of authorities, YouTube has said that it will downgrade and eventually remove videos linking COVID-19 to 5G networks. People are enticed by conspirators claiming that 5G towers are making people sick with…

iOSiPadiPhoneiPod TouchYouTubeMar 14, 2018Apr 10, 2020

Enable dark mode in YouTube app for iOS and Android

Imran Hussain

YouTube has introduced a new dark mode for app for iOS and Android. The new theme switches out the white theme in the YouTube app with a more darker variant, similar to the website’s dark theme on desktop.

How tosYouTubeMay 25, 2017May 14, 2021

How to enable the new YouTube theme in any browser

Imran Hussain

YouTube has released a beautiful and fast performing new design for their desktop website. The new design brings a cleaner look, a dark theme as well as faster framework which would support quicker roll-out of features in the future. The…

AndroidiOSiPadiPhoneYouTubeJun 26, 2016Aug 10, 2016

YouTube introduces Live Streaming on its app for Android and iOS

George

The live video streaming arena welcomes a new contender today with YouTube announcing its live video streaming for its smartphone apps on iOS and Android.

iOSiPhoneYouTubeMay 16, 2016

YouTube for iOS gets Google Cardboard VR support

Imran Hussain

After a long time, YouTube’s iOS app has been updated with Google Cardboard support. This enables the app to playback videos in a virtual reality mode for users who have a Google Cardboard or a VR headset based on its specs, that can…

AndroidYouTubeAug 22, 2015Jun 28, 2016

Opera Max now compresses YouTube and Netflix videos to save data

Imran Hussain

Opera Max helps save data by compressing photos and other media on any website, over 3G or Wi-FI. It does this by routing your web traffic through Opera’s proxies and claims to save up to 50% data which means that…

ChromeYouTubeMay 27, 2015Aug 19, 2016

h264ify for Chrome Enables H.264 Video YouTube Streaming For Reduced CPU Usage

Imran Hussain

YouTube supports a number of formats for video streaming. One of the most popular video streaming formats in the world is h.264, but Google supports and prefers streaming videos from YouTube in VP8/VP9 video format. It apparently brings better compression…

ChromeMacYouTubeMay 9, 2015Aug 19, 2016

Make YouTube Videos Play in 1080p By Default In Every Desktop Browser

Imran Hussain

YouTube has support for almost all types of popular video formats now: HD, 4K, 3D and 360. However, YouTube does not allow you to set a default setting to play videos in either format. For people with fast Internet connections,…