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YouTube introduces Spotify Wrapped-style Recap for yearly viewing trends

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 2025 Recap arrives with AI chat for personalised insights

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's creative ecosystem added over ₹16K cr to India's GDP in 2024

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

Soon, YouTube Music will let you search songs within playlists: Details

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

YouTube India aims to unlock more growth via shopping, brand tie-ups

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

Soon, YouTube Music will translate lyrics for Premium subscribers: Report

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

YouTube introduces Premium Lite subscription plan in India at ₹89 per month

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

YouTube Premium users get new features: Improved audio, tools for Shorts

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

YouTube Music tests Spotify-like AI hosts for commentary: Check what's new

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

YouTube: How to turn off annoying end screen content recommendations

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

'Advertisers can now target urban, rural audiences separately on YouTube'

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 update brings new playlist tools, smart filters, and AI DJ controls

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

Tech Wrap Sept 4: Samsung Galaxy S25 FE, Pixel drop, Instagram on iPad

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

YouTubers attack: FIRs registered, situation under control in Dharmasthala

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 relaxes profanity policy to support creator monetisation: Details

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

'Even if my film is a huge hit, only 3% of India sees it; what about rest?'

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

YouTube Shorts gets AI image-to-video tool, new effects: Check what's new

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

YouTube drops support for older iPhones, iPads: Check affected models here

The latest YouTube update, version 20.22.1, is now available on the App Store. It officially requires iOS or iPadOS 16 to run

All about Harbhajan Singh & wife Geeta Basra's new show, 'Who's The Boss'

Harbhajan Singh, former Indian cricketer, has revealed a new show, 'Who's The Boss.' It will be co-hosted by his wife, Geeta Basra. The brand new chat show will be streaming soon on YouTube

YouTube tests shared Premium plan for two users at Rs 219 per month: Report

Reportedly, the two-user YouTube Premium subscription is being piloted in select countries, including India, and with select users