To fix it, go to Settings > Manage all history. I find the offending videos and remove them. When they’re gone from your history, the algorithm no longer uses them to suggest what’s next. If your feed ...

Earlier this month, YouTube reportedly started killing background play on third-party mobile browsers, limiting the popular feature to Premium users. This is on top of Google preventing playback on ...

Google has blocked YouTube background listening on mobile web browsers to maintain the feature as an exclusive benefit for YouTube Premium subscribers. Typically ...

Users who relied on free background playback will now need to upgrade or find alternative ways to listen to content. Google product manager Jane Williams added that the update is part of ongoing ...

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Everybody knows that short-form videos aren't brilliant for your general psyche. Whether it's misinformation, TikTok dances, or AI slop, consuming it in large amounts isn't ideal for anyone — let ...

Parents can set viewing limits ranging from 15 minutes to two hours, and will soon be able to set the timer to zero YouTube lets parents set time limits or block kids from watching Shorts Parents can ...

As Australia and other countries around the world begin passing laws that ban children from social media platforms, YouTube is giving parents more power to control what video content their kids see.

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A court concluded that Disney isn't likely to win its lawsuit that YouTube illegally poached Justin Connolly. By Winston Cho Disney’s bid to temporarily block YouTube‘s hiring of Justin Connolly in a ...

Google’s algorithm on YouTube that suggests new content to me is great. It quickly gets a feel for the stuff I like to watch and pushes me to similar content by different creators. Before I know it, I ...