News & Reviews:   video

YouTube recently released a blog post regarding a new metric called the Violative View Rate, which hints that more than 83 million videos, as well as up to 7 billion comments, have been removed for violative content. Not only that, but the blog also hinted that YouTube’s machine learning algorithm has managed to automatically flag up to 94% of the violative content while the remaining was done manually.

Based on a statement by Opensignal, Malaysia managed to beat 19 countries in their voice and video experience analysis with a score of 24.7 points out of 100. With that being said, Malaysia managed to voice being placed at the bottom 20% out of the 75 countries that were analysed in the study.

Based on a statement by WABetaInfo.com, it seems that the developers of WhatsApp might be keen on implementing WhatsApp voice and video call to WhatsApp web. Currently, if you are interested in engaging in either a voice or video call on WhatsApp, you can only do it on either a smartphone or a tablet.

Based on a statement by bloomberg, it seems that Google could be working with some sort of video integration which could allow content creators to advertise their products on their Youtube videos. But that’s not all, it seems that YouTube could be working closely with Shopify in order to facilitate the selling of products via Youtube.

Based on a statement by wabetainfo.com, it seems that WhatsApp could soon have a feature called “Expiring media” sometime in the near future which could allow users to send pictures and video that expire after a certain duration. While not much is known in regards to when this feature will be rolled out to the masses, our source also mentioned that it might also notify the sender if the recipient were to screenshot the sent media.

Based on a statement by theverge.com, it seems that Netflix could allow viewers to watch shows and movies from as slow as 0.5x all the way up to 1.5x speed very soon. While not much is known in regards to when this feature will be available to Malaysians, we do know that viewers will be required to opt-in to this feature whenever they’re watching a new series or movie so that they won’t accidentally watch at a slightly slower or faster speed.

For those who are into vlogging, some use specialised compact cameras like the Sony ZV-1 or Panasonic Lumix DC-G100. But for those who do travel vlogs, a smaller camera like the GoPro Hero is a more popular option. Now, it seems that leaked images of the upcoming GoPro Hero 9 have begun appearing.

Some of you may have noticed it, but YouTube has been testing a rather neat new feature. In recent weeks, YouTube has been testing a new feature called Video Chapters. This feature makes it easier for creators to break down videos into multiple parts and is something that viewers would appreciate.

Based on a statement by theverge, it seems Zoom recently admitted that they did not have more than 300 million daily active users on their video conferencing platform. With that said, they’ve recently updated their blog post stating that they have up to 300 million daily zoom meeting participants, which is different compared to daily active users.

Based on a statement by androidheadlines, it seems that Telegram could be introducing a launching a new feature which allows users to have group video calls with other Telegram users. While not much is known in regards to the exact release date of the aforementioned feature, we do know that it will most likely be more secured compared to their competitors.