• YouTube Rolls Out Stories Feature to More Content Creators

    YouTube Rolls Out Stories Feature to More Content Creators

    Last year, YouTube launched their own version of “Stories”, which gave users the ability to add a new short-form video known as Reels.  The feature, which was rebranded as YouTube Stories, later on, was initially only available to certain YouTube content creators.  But in June, YouTube pledged to expand that feature to all content creators…

  • YouTube Kids Adds New Features to Help Filter Inappropriate Content

    YouTube Kids Adds New Features to Help Filter Inappropriate Content

    A few months ago, there were several incidents where children were watching inappropriate things on YouTube.  Sure, that might sound like an everyday occurrence, but I’m talking about really little kids.  Small children who thought they were getting a video of their favorite superhero or cartoon character, only to be traumatized when the video showed…

  • YouTube Finally Supports HDR Video Playback on the iPhone X

    YouTube Finally Supports HDR Video Playback on the iPhone X

    If you hadn’t noticed, Google updated the YouTube app for iOS in order to add HDR playback support on the iPhone X.  The iPhone X’s 5.8-inch OED panel supports HDR, which provides a richer viewing experience.  However, the content being played back must have also been shot in HDR. YouTube on the web has had HDR…