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YouTube is testing a redesigned Now Playing screen in Music and a new Dislike option in Shorts, which aims to simplify controls and make feedback clearer for users

With ₹14,300 crore in revenue and 455 million users, YouTube has become one of India's biggest media platforms, spanning TV, creators, commerce, and AI-led growth

Google is updating YouTube's TV video player to make navigation simpler, with better controls and a less cluttered viewing experience

YouTube rolls out a new year-end Recap that spotlights top channels, interests and viewing patterns, offering a simple snapshot of how audiences engaged all year

YouTube Music's 2025 Recap adds an AI-powered chat that gives personalised insights into users' yearly listening habits, along with creative, shareable graphics

YouTube said its creator ecosystem supported 9.3 lakh jobs, expanded AI tools for creators and announced new partnerships with IICT and AIIMS to strengthen skills and digital learning in India

Reportedly, YouTube Music is testing a new playlist search option that lets users quickly find songs inside their own playlists

Platform sees surge in shopping-related watch time, adds new partners to its affiliate program and expands tools for creator-brand collaborations

YouTube Music is reportedly testing a "Translate" button for live lyrics, enabling Premium users to view machine-generated translations across different languages

YouTube has rolled out Premium Lite in India, offering ad-free video streaming across devices at Rs 89 per month as a cheaper option to its Premium subscription

With YouTube Premium, users can now access high-quality audio on music videos, faster playback speed on app, Jump ahead on TV app and more

Google introduces experimental AI hosts in the YouTube Music app, offering stories related to the track playing, trivia, and AI-generated commentary to listening more engaging

Reportedly, YouTube adds a new "Hide" button to dismiss end screen pop-ups, while also removing the hover-to-subscribe feature to simplify the viewing experience

Google will allow advertisers on YouTube in India to target rural and urban audiences separately for the first time, as Shorts viewership and creator ads drive ROI

Spotify Premium adds tools to refine playlists, sort libraries by mood, refresh Discover Weekly with genres, and interact with AI DJ by voice

Samsung Galaxy S25 FE, Tab S11 series, Buds 3 FE launched. Google Pixel Drop. Instagram has a dedicated app for iPad. Lava Yuva Smart 2. Sony Type-C earbuds launch

Police have registered two separate FIRs in connection with the attack on YouTubers by a mob near Dharmasthala in Dakshina Kannada. Following the incident, clashes broke out between two groups and the situation has been brought under control, they said. Four men, representing three YouTube channels, including a cameraman, were attacked by a large mob near Dharmasthala on Wednesday evening, when they were interviewing a person, amid an ongoing probe by SIT into the alleged mass burial case, police said. According to the district police, two separate First Information Reports (FIRs) were registered on Wednesday in connection with the incident. One FIR pertains to the alleged assault on a group of YouTubers and damage caused to their two vehicles. The same complaint also includes an alleged assault on a reporter of a private news channel. A second case has been registered for unlawful assembly in three locations: Pangala near Dharmasthala, where police resorted to a lathi charge, wit

YouTube updates its monetisation policies to ease profanity restrictions for creators while introducing AI-powered tools to help identify and protect teen viewers across the platform

Sitaare Zameen Par will be released on YouTube's movies-on-demand service on August 1 at ₹100 per view

Google has introduced Veo 2 model-powered AI tools for YouTube Shorts that transforms photos into short videos and adds effects. There is also a new centralised AI Playground hub