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YouTube Shorts Get Google Lens for Quick ID of Locations, Products

Tim May 30, 2025 2

Google Lens is coming to YouTube Shorts in beta. Funny enough, YouTube frames it as a way to learn more about locations and cultures where videos were shot, but we're all quite certain that isn't the ultimate drive here, right? Google Lens is a great way for...

Android Auto is Finally Getting Video Streaming Apps and Browsers

Kellen May 21, 2025 10

We first learned that Gemini would come to cars a week before yesterday's I/O keynote, but to no one's surprise, Google had some other news to share this week for its car platforms. For Android Auto users, the biggest news is related to the apps you'll soon be...

YouTube Premium 2-Person Plan Could Lower Your Price

Kellen May 6, 2025 6

YouTube Premium already has 4 different plans in the US that touch on various price points. You can pay a price to get all of the YouTube experience, without ads and YouTube Music tacked on as a bonus, plus you could extend all of that to a family of 5 for a...

YouTube TV is Finally Getting Custom Multiviews

Kellen April 23, 2025 3

To celebrate 20 years of YouTube, Google announced a handful of upcoming features on a couple of different YouTube products that you could soon take advantage of. From YouTube TV to YouTube Music to YouTube on TVs, we have incoming changes that sound like much...

YouTube Premium Lite, $7.99/Mo for Ad-Free Video Watching

Tim March 5, 2025 16

YouTube is expanding its Premium Lite to users in the US, priced at $7.99/month. This acts as a tier below the standard YouTube Premium, currently priced at $13.99/month. With YouTube Premium Lite, subscribers can watch "most videos" ad free, but that's it....

YouTube Premium Gets 5 New Features for Subscribers to Try

Kellen January 22, 2025 6

YouTube Premium subscribers, would you like some new experimental features to play with? Google announced today that it is adding several for you to toggle on, although a couple are only for iOS users. Still, there's some good stuff here for audio nerds,...

Rivian Gets Google Cast, YouTube App in Holiday Update

Kellen December 14, 2024 11

Back in May of this year, Google and Rivian teamed up to announce that Rivian vehicles would "soon" support Google Cast from phones to the big screen in cabin, plus a native YouTube app would bring an improved or native YouTube experience. We told you at that...

Your 2024 YouTube Music Recap is Inbound

Tim November 20, 2024 5

Upon opening YouTube Music this morning to jam out to my moody PNW alternative emo rock, I was greeted by my 2024 Recap. I suppose it's already that time of year. These recaps highlight what should be your favorite tracks of 2024, along with other observations...