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YouTube Music is currently testing a new look for album art, giving the player a sprawling background that stretches across the top third of the page. While that experiment is limited to a small number of users at the moment, YouTube is rolling out a separate change that’s available widely. This update brings some much-needed…

YouTube Music announcedWednesday the rollout of a new labeling system aimed at improving transparency around songs created with the help of generative AI. Now listeners will be able to easily identify tracks created using AI, including those involved in composition and vocals.

Google is launching some app updates for Android Automotive, “Google built-in,” which bring more video apps and increased flexbility for the platform such as allowing YouTube to run in the background while driving.

Back in April, YouTube began testing a new conversational search tool called “Ask YouTube.” The company later made it official, announcing the AI-powered feature during Google I/O. Ask YouTube has been available on the web and on TV, but now it’s expanding to a new platform.

Album and playlist pages in YouTube Music now open with cover art that fills the upper third of the screen for some users.

Google has been steadily giving YouTube Music a visual refresh, and the latest interface tweak gives album and playlist pages a much-needed facelift. Hot on the heels of experiments with the app’s Now Playing redesign and expanded full-screen album art, the streaming service is now testing an overhauled layout for album and playlists that brings…

Google is expanding one of the Pixel line’s most underrated video features to a much wider audience. With the latest update to the Pixel Camera Services app, Google is rolling out support for its Connected Camera feature across 11 new communication and productivity apps, significantly expanding its utility for users who want high-quality, multi-camera video…

YouTube says it wants to ‘focus on originality’ in a push to surface better Shorts recommendations for users.

Updated algorithms will “reduce the reach of content re-uploaded from other creators.”

YouTube Shorts have never exactly been a fan-favorite feature. From users wanting Shorts to be a standalone app, to YouTube itself letting users set their daily Shorts feed limit to zero, there’s no shortage of signs pointing to how unhappy many users are with how aggressively short-form video has been pushed across the platform. One…