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YouTube videos could soon look better without eating quite so much data, right? Thankfully, the platform plans to introduce a new video format called AV2 on its web player in early 2027, promising more efficient streaming and potentially fewer playback hiccups on slower internet connections. The big headline is a roughly 30% improvement in compression…

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.

Your YouTube homepage knows you watched one cooking video in 2023 and has never let you forget it. Custom Feeds, announced September 23 at YouTube’s Made on YouTube 2026 event, gives you a direct way to address that. Describe what you want in plain language, and Google’s Gemini AI builds a dedicated recommendation feed around…

YouTube TV entered September with a much stronger sports pitch after completing its ESPN Unlimited integration, putting more live games and football tools directly inside the service. Now, just as the NFL’s first full Sunday approaches, YouTube has detailed what Sunday Ticket will cost for the 2026-2027 season, along with a major upgrade to how…