A new unofficial YouTube client app called Juno is now available for Apple's Vision Pro headset. The app uses YouTube's APIs to load videos in a webview and offer controls for playback.
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YouTube will no longer display recommended videos on the homepage for users who turn off their watch history. The change is intended to clarify the feature's reliance on watch history.
After announcing its design changes last week, YouTube is rolling out its Material You redesign on its website and apps to all users globally that makes it more uniform across its apps and the web.
To remove hassles related to switching to a different category from the Videos tab on YouTube, the video-sharing service is rolling out separate tabs for Shorts, live streams, and long-form videos.
YouTube is rolling out a few new features for its iOS and Android apps such as new icons to the player UI, support for a new gesture to toggle full screen, and a list view for Video Chapters.
Like Spotify and Apple Music, YouTube Music now lets users pre-save some albums before they are released. Songs that have not been released yet will be classified as "unavailable."
YouTube is testing a way of injecting web search results in YouTube's Android app's search results UI. The section sits below the video results and could be a very limited test for now.
As part of improvements to the recommendation features, YouTube is rolling out the topic filter feature to all Android users. It lets users filter topics that are suggested based on viewing history.
YouTube is testing a new Explore tab in its iOS app which brings content discovery features to the users. The users will be able to discover content similar to what they watch and like.
A small test run is going on right now, where a few lucky YouTube users get to experience the new YouTube messenger. The new features allows you to chat to friends directly in the YouTube app.
