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  YouTube enhances Premium Lite plan with Background Play and Offline Downloads features

  Technology | February 25, 2026 20:59 IST

  YouTube has upgraded its Premium Lite plan by adding Background Play and Offline Downloads. Priced at Rs 89 per month, the plan now offers more value while remaining cheaper than the full Premium subscription.

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  YouTube using AI to edit Shorts without informing creators: All you need to know

  Technology | August 27, 2025 16:30 IST

  YouTube has started experimenting with AI edits on Shorts videos to enhance quality, but creators were not informed about these changes. The company says the updates are meant to improve clarity using machine learning, but the lack of transparency has raised concerns among YouTubers.

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  YouTube accidentally bans many accounts, mistakenly labeling them as spam, working to reinstate them

  Technology | October 04, 2024 16:15 IST

  These accounts were removed for violating YouTube's spam policy, but many owners claim they never uploaded any videos to the platform. The company has acknowledged the issue and is working on a fix.

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  Ranveer Allahbadia's YouTube channels restored after being hacked, influencer responds with humour

  India | September 27, 2024 19:43 IST

  Ranveer Allahbadia, known as BeerBiceps, faced a cyber attack that temporarily took down his YouTube channels, with hackers renaming them and deleting content. After restoration, he shared a lighthearted response on Instagram, while his management expressed confidence in YouTube's support.

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  YouTube account hacked? Google’s new AI tool will help you regain control

  Technology | August 22, 2024 16:15 IST

  YouTube account hacking is one of the rising concerns where content creators face big losses. Witnessing the rising concern Google has come up with a new AI tool which will help to regain the hacked account.

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  YouTube Fanfest India: 'We can empower together, subscribe my channel,' says PM Modi to YouTubers

  India | September 28, 2023 12:46 IST

  YouTube Fanfest India 2023: PM Modi asked YouTubers to make an emotional appeal to people through their videos to urge them to buy local (Made in India) products.

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  YouTube Shorts explodes in popularity with 96% of Indian youth aged 18-44

  Technology | September 27, 2023 17:22 IST

  YouTube, India's top online platform, is chosen by 4 in 5 users. YouTube Shorts, favored by 96% of 18-44-year-olds, sees 120% YoY global view growth with 88% now watching it on TVs.

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  YouTube brings new Stable Volume feature to enhance user viewing experience

  Technology | July 17, 2023 14:15 IST

  YouTube's new 'Stable Volume' feature aims to provide a consistent volume experience, eliminating sudden jumps or declines in volume during video playback and offering users a seamless viewing experience without frequent volume adjustments.

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  YouTube English Help forum disables new comments and posts: Know the reason

  Technology | March 02, 2023 14:10 IST

  YouTube has reportedly disabled the new posts and comments on its English Help forum, making it the read-only mode. The move has been taken for the 'improvements' which will be implemented in the upcoming months.

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  YouTube removes 1.7 mn videos in India for violating its norms in Q3

  Technology | November 30, 2022 16:23 IST

  According to the Community Guidelines Enforcement report, more than 94 per cent of these violating videos were first flagged by machines rather than humans. More than 67 per cent of YouTube's violating videos were removed before they received more than 10 views.

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  YouTube launches Handles for channels- Know how it works

  Technology | October 11, 2022 10:51 IST

  YouTube Handles is a new way to join channel names and it will be another way to identify the YouTube channel accordingly. Unlike channel names, the new handles feature will be unique to every channel so that the creators can further establish their distinct brand on the platform.

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  YouTube 'dislike' and 'not ' buttons fail to protect users: Mozilla study

  Technology | September 20, 2022 15:24 IST

  YouTube is the second most visited website in the world, and its algorithm drives most of the video views on the platform. Previous Mozilla research determined that people routinely recommended videos they don't want to see, including violent content, hate speech, and political misinformation.

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  YouTube Shorts to arrive on smart Android TVs: Know the details

  Technology | August 23, 2022 20:44 IST

  As the report states: "YouTube TV will gain something called Mosaic Mode, which will allow subscribers to watch up to four live feeds at the same time by dividing the TV screen into quadrants."

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  YouTube Update: This new feature will help you zoom in the videos

  Technology | August 10, 2022 16:13 IST

  YouTube Update: With this new update, which is now rolling out across iOS and Android devices, users can now convert up to 60 seconds from their own existing long-form YouTube videos and turn them into Shorts.

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  YouTube Music enables multi-select option for web users, know how to use it

  Technology | June 06, 2022 10:53 IST

  YouTube Music's web app interface will display a few options at the bottom, including the ability to add selected songs to a playlist or play them after the current playback.

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  YouTube Music tests letting users filter radio queues

  Technology | May 27, 2022 14:27 IST

  YouTube Music is working on testing suggestion chips to filter what appears. 

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  YouTube introduction 'Most Replayed' feature that marks out the most popular parts of videos

  Technology | May 20, 2022 16:57 IST

  ‘Most Replayed’ feature will be available for all the YouTube users- free or Premium users, and users could access the feature across desktop, Android and iOS devices as well.  

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  YouTube enables you to make Shorts in a new and advanced way, know more

  Technology | May 12, 2022 15:46 IST

  YouTube has recently announced a new creature feature for Shorts- the short format videos on the platform to spark the video viewership. The new feature is available on iOS devices at the time of writing and the company will introduce the same for Android soon 

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  YouTube Go to stop operating from August, no offline videos anymore

  Technology | May 04, 2022 18:47 IST

  YouTube Go is about to stop the service from August 2022. Now users will not be able to download the videos.  

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  YouTube podcasts homepage set to launch, all you need to know

  Technology | March 31, 2022 13:46 IST

  As per the report, YouTube said that it will improve podcast ingestion by piloting the ability to pull in podcast RSS feeds and further stated that they will centralise podcasts on a new homepage at YouTube.com/podcasts.