YouTube News - TestingCatalog

2 Oct 2024 · 2 min read

ICYMI: YouTube’s conversational AI available for US Premium members

YouTube has announced the expansion of its conversational AI tool to all U.S. YouTube Premium members using Android devices. This feature promises to improve the way users interact with

15 Sep 2021 · 2 min read

YouTube now can show video descriptions in the landscape mode if you have it opened

The new slider for video description was introduced a while ago but now it got even better! If you have the video description opened and decided to go to the

14 Sep 2021 · 1 min read

YouTube now allows you to translate comments on Android

Apart from an updated explore section [https://www.testingcatalog.com/youtube-is-rolling-out-new-explore-tiles-to-more-users-on-android/] , you may notice a possibility to translate comments that are written in a different language. Under such comments will

14 Sep 2021 · 2 min read

YouTube is rolling out new explore tiles to more users on Android

YouTube redesigned its explore section [https://www.testingcatalog.com/youtube-is-rolling-out-the-shorts-tab-to-more-users-and-moving-explore-button-to-the-top/] not a long time ago and now after you click on the Explore button, you will see a set of

25 Aug 2021 · 1 min read

YouTube shows chapters in search results to all Android users

It is easy to test by searching for "tutorials" where YouTubers split their courses into chapters more often. There you can see a small section under the video

23 Jul 2021 · 1 min read

YouTube started enabling Super Thanks for more creators

This feature was introduced recently [https://blog.youtube/news-and-events/introducing-newest-member-supers-family-super-thanks/] and it allows creators to enable a donation button under their videos. It can be found along with other action

22 Jul 2021 · 1 min read

YouTube is rolling out a dedicated Shorts tab to more users and moving Explore button to the top

This change has been available to many users in certain countries but now it got a wider rollout. The Sorts [https://www.testingcatalog.com/youtube-beta/#youtube-shorts-beta] tab can be found

30 Jun 2021 · 2 min read

YouTube allows creating Shorts out of a sound from videos on Android

Shorts are not yet available everywhere yet but YouTube keeps extending this feature with more and more tools. It appears that on some normal YouTube videos, you may notice a

30 Jun 2021 · 2 min read

YouTube is testing timed comments with more users on Android

The timed comments feature started appearing to more users recently [https://www.androidpolice.com/2021/06/06/youtube-tests-soundcloud-style-comments-linking-to-specific-times/] . It allows you to leave a comment on a particular time range

19 May 2021 · 2 min read

YouTube got a new video description view that appears as a slider

This change seems to be rolling out globally. Now, the button to expand the video description view will pop the slider from the bottom. There you can also see a

10 May 2021 · 2 min read

How do I make a short clip from a video on YouTube?

YouTube Clip feature was rolled out to more users on Android. This feature allows anyone to make 60 seconds cut from any video and share it as a clip.

22 Mar 2021 · 1 min read

A new TikTok-style YouTube Shorts layout is available to more users

The recent TikTok-like Shorts layout started appearing to more users who had a YouTube-style layout before. Previously all the controls were laying at the bottom and now they got moved

20 Feb 2021 · 2 min read

YouTube for Android now can play 4k HDR videos

If you search for 4k or 4k HDR videos you can choose 2160p and 2160p60 HDR options. In order to choose the video quality, you need to tap on the

9 Feb 2020 · 2 min read

Google launches a beta program for YouTube on the Play Store

After all of these a bit annoying server-side tests with many of their apps, including YouTube, out of the blue, Google has decided to launch a dedicated beta program for