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Google’s new “Ask” feature brings Gemini AI into everyday apps like Photos and YouTube, letting you chat with your own content. You can now find specific memories, edit images, or get instant video summaries,
Google declined a request from Disney to allow ABC back on YouTube TV for election coverage as the two giants are negotiating streaming rights.
ESPN, ABC and other networks have returned to YouTube TV's streaming platform after a licensing dispute that affected millions of subscribers.
YouTube TV begins rolling out $20 credits to subscribers amid the ongoing Disney channel blackout affecting ESPN, ABC, and National Geographic.
Google Messages lost its picture-in-picture YouTube player back in 2024, but right now it looks nearly ready to return.
On the one hand, $20—which Google previously promised users if a previously unnamed amount of time, now revealed to be “about a week and change” had passed—isn’t that much, given that a monthly YouTube TV subscription currently runs users $82.
Google and YouTube will pay $30 million to settle claims of violating child privacy laws. The lawsuit alleged they collected data from under-13s watching kids' content without parental consent, for targeted ads.
The Competition Commission orders Google and YouTube to invest R688 million in the local media industry, as revenue-share compensation.