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Something’s happening between Google & Amazon, & something’s not right. Google has reportedly decided against the Amazon Echo Show to access YouTube. If you ask the smart speaker to show you a YouTube video, it fails, with Alexa simply saying: Currently, Google is not supporting Youtube on Echo Show. Go, figure.
Reports: BBC News, Seeking Alpha, CNBC, 9to5Google
On September 19, 2017, you will no longer be able to create new paid Content on YouTube, & new viewers will no longer be able to pay to subscribe to creator Content.
Some cheer for lovers of ‘live’ streaming on YouTube. The latter’s just rolled out more features to make itself even more appealing to ‘live’ streamers.
YouTube has rolled out new designs across mobile & desktop, a move that was hanging fire for long.
Reports: The Verge, Memeburn
Not only can you share & receive videos in the app, you can also chat about them right on YouTube,.
1 in every 5 people on earth now watch YouTube, that’s the new stats just released by YouTube. +, among new features, vertical video now comes to this Google outlet.
Reports: CNBC, Business Insider, TechCrunch