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Astro Malaysia has announced updated offerings for its Astro One packages, introducing lower promotional pricing alongside expanded streaming and entertainment benefits for both new and existing subscribers. If you're looking to subscribe to Astro, here's everything you need to know.

Google is experimenting with a new AI-powered search experience on YouTube, introducing a chatbot-style feature called “Ask YouTube.” The tool is designed to make searching for videos feel more like a conversation rather than a traditional keyword-based query. Currently, the feature is being rolled out as a limited experiment, available to YouTube Premium subscribers in the United States who are aged 18 and above.

Apple Music and TikTok have announced a new feature called “Play Full Song,” designed to make it easier for users to listen to complete tracks they discover on TikTok without leaving the app. Launching through an exclusive partnership, the feature allows Apple Music subscribers to play full-length songs directly within TikTok after discovering them on their For You Page or the Sound Detail Page.

Advertising in ChatGPT? This day was always going to happen, but it has not rolled out yet. Today, OpenAI has published its official approach to introducing advertising within ChatGPT. According to the company’s announcement, ads will begin rolling out as tests in the United States for users on the free and new ChatGPT Go plans, while subscribers on higher-tier paid plans will remain ad-free.

During Disney's financial report in the first quarter of 2025, it was announced that the company had lost 700,000 Disney+ subscribers around the world before the end of last year. The price hike for the platform last year may have contributed to the result.

To no one's surprise, Netflix's Password Sharing charge was met with many unhappy customers. However, it was surprising to learn that Netflix's initiative on cracking down on password sharing is turning out to be quite successful.

Today, Instagram just announced a new monetisation feature which is simply known as Instagram Subscriptions. Since the company is under Meta, the subscription model is very similar to Facebook's for content creators to engage with their followers with exclusive content and benefits.

Despite the pandemic going on, some companies are still managed to do well maintaining its revenue and one of them is Spotify. The company that provides music streaming service has hit 130 million subscribers in the first quarter of 2020, which is up by 31 percent from last year's report. Other than that, the company has also announced that their users' listening behavior is different now as lockdowns are going on in many countries.