News & Reviews:   YouTube announce

If you watch a lot of YouTube videos, there's a good chance that you might have come across some lengthy videos with chapter timelines. That said, it's also a lot of work for YouTubers to manually input the details which you can find in the description video. 

Yup, you read that right. YouTube have just officially called off their annual YouTube Rewind special for 2020. The announcement was just made a few hours ago on their official Twitter page explaining why.

Update - @TeamYouTube just announced that the services are now back online, we just double checked that both YouTube and YouTube Music are working fine now. Enjoy your day!

Yesterday, we found out that there are people crazy enough to burn down some 5G transmitter towers in the UK because of a silly conspiracy theory. The conspiracy theory, which was started by an influencer (or more like influenza lol) managed to convince some people that the COVID-19 is somehow linked to the 5G signal strength, thus weakening our body immune system. In response to that, YouTube have decided to remove all video that links to that conspiracy theory.

As many of you may have noticed, but YouTube have officially come forward to announce that their video quality setting has been lowered. We know, it's annoying to see such inferior resolution but it will only be temporarily for 30 days. Also, this is so that the servers can keep up with everyone staying at home binge-watching YouTube videos.

T-Series is the first Youtube channel to hit 100 million subscriptions. The channel took to Twitter to celebrate the news, mentioning that they have also garnered over 70 billion views during their journey. Pewdiepie, who previously held the crown of having the most subscribed channel, now takes second place with 96 million subs.

Not too long ago, Google had announced that they will be shutting down Youtube Gaming app at the end of March but that didn’t happen. At least, not yet. Now, the company has announced that they will be officially shutting the doors to the gaming streaming app on the 30th of May.

If you aren’t up to speed, Youtube Premium subscribers had access to a feature called picture-in-picture. The feature allows users to view Youtube videos while doing other tasks on their device. Now the feature is rolling out for everyone globally, including those who are not subscribed to Youtube Premium.

Youtube’s download video to watch offline is a godsend, especially when you’re headed to somewhere with no WiFi for long periods of time. If you’re the type who is always unsure about what to watch, Youtube now lets you download your recommended videos instead of only the specific ones you want.

Binging Youtube videos is now even better thanks to an update for the Youtube app on iOS. You can now swipe left and right to switch between next and previous videos on your list instead of having to exit full screen and pick a video. The update should be rolling out throughout this week for all iOS users.