Tag: youtube
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YouTube for Android getting a transparent status bar
YouTube for Android is introducing a transparent status bar, offering a subtle but welcome quality-of-life enhancement. Previously, the app displayed a solid status bar while browsing through the Home and Subscriptions feeds. Now, video thumbnails will be visible beneath the time, notifications, and status bar icons, providing a more immersive browsing experience. This change aligns…
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YouTube’s new way to interrupt your viewing is going wide
YouTube Pause ads are now rolling out widely, displaying ads when users pause videos, in addition to multiple unskippable ads during playback. The expansion has been driven by a positive response from advertisers. YouTube calls these ads “non-interruptive.” The push for more ads seems aimed at encouraging more users to subscribe to YouTube Premium. YouTube…
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YouTube Adds Website Visits Goal for Promotions
YouTube’s added another way to drive traffic to your site via paid promotions, with a new “Website Visits” goal that’s been added to its direct campaign options available within YouTube Studio. As you can see in this example, now, channel managers who run simple promotions via YouTube Studio can focus on “Website Visits” as their target goal.…
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YouTube is developing a tool to detect deepfake voices and faces
YouTube is developing a tool to detect deepfake voices and faces. This initiative aims to address the growing concerns around the misuse of AI-generated content, particularly in the creation of deepfake videos that manipulate faces and voices to mimic real people. The tool will help users identify and flag deepfakes, contributing to YouTube’s efforts to…