Tag: YouTube

YouTube is making it easier to join the YPP

YouTube has announced this week an upcoming change to the YouTube Partner Program (YPP) and the eligibility to sign up for the program is coming down, meaning smaller channels now need less subscribers and less watch hours to become eligible to start being monetised. Currently, as the new conditions haven’t yet gone public, creators need: At least 1,000 subscribers and either 4,000 watch hours in the past year or 10 […]

YouTube is testing blocking ad-blockers

Google has recently been spotted testing blocking ad-blockers on YouTube. Last week, a screenshot popped up on Reddit, saying that “Ad blockers are not allowed on YouTube” and that ads help keep YouTube free for billions of users, worldwide. However, since the post it was confirmed by a YouTube employee that it is just an experiment for now. It wouldn’t be surprising however, if this decision does become a feature […]

YouTube Shorts creators will soon be able to join the Partner Program to earn revenue

YouTube has recently announced that it will offering monetisation for creators who publish Shorts. YouTube will be giving 45% of the revenue generated. Up until now, YouTube has only offered monetisation on longer form videos. YouTube will be splitting the revenue with creators, regardless if they use music or not. YouTube has said the changes will come into effect starting “early next year” and YouTube is likely hoping that the revenue […]

YouTube Go will be discontinued in August

YouTube announced YouTube Go back in 2017, when it was released to India and Indonesia as a light weight version of the main desktop and mobile app versions. It was designed to run better on devices with less processing power, such as entry level laptops and smartphones. It also had an easy way to control how much data would be used, useful for expensive plans or slow carrier networks. In […]

YouTube is going to stop showing dislike counts on all videos

YouTube is going to start hiding the dislike counts on videos by default soon, a decision the company came to after an experiment which was successful, as it happens. Going forward, video creators will be able to see how many dislikes a video got, but not the general viewing public, a move to help combat ongoing dislike campaigns. Dislike campaigns affect new and small creators out there, YouTube said and […]

Google is testing out a cheaper YouTube Premium Lite plan in Nordic and Benelux countries

Google is testing out a new cheaper plan for YouTube Premium, with a Lite option. YouTube Premium currently costs £11.99 in the UK, $11.99 in the US and €11.99 in the rest of Europe and gets you advert free video viewing on all platforms, access to YouTube Music, background playback and the ability to download videos. However, there seems to be a subset of users who want to just watch […]

YouTube will be hiding the dislike count from some videos

YouTube will be planning on removing the dislike counter on the bottom of YouTube videos in the near future, as the company begins testing new interface designs. YouTube has shared a concept of that the new interface could look like, which simply removes the number of dislikes a video has, while the thumbs down button still remains – only YouTube creators will be able to see the amount of dislikes […]

YouTube will stop working on the 3rd generation Apple TV next month

The third generation Apple TV is going to be losing support for the dedicated YouTube app in March this year after being supported since 2013, over eight years. YouTube support for the older second generation was removed back in 2015 and going forward YouTube is suggesting that the newer Apple TV HD and Apple TV 4K are an option as well as AirPlay from an iPhone, iPod touch or iPhone […]

YouTube on Android TV now supports 8K video playback

YouTube itself has supported the 8K resolution about five years ago and we’re now starting to see some 8K TV hit the market, and to meet that demand, YouTube has updated its app on Android TV to support 8K, up until now standard Android TV boxes have been capped at a maximum of 4K. The new version is 2.12.08 and according to Android Police, it is rolling out slowly. Android 10 is […]