When using the YouTube app to watch videos from an iPhone, one control that’s obviously missing from the interface is a button to instantly mute or unmute the video’s audio.
YouMute adds a mute button to the YouTube app’s playback interface
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Check out Google’s new YouTube startup sound and opening animation
Google is rolling out a new startup sound and opening animations that play when opening the app, similar to Netflix's famous "tudum" sound.
YouTube Premium for families just went up by $5/month
Google raised the price of its family YouTube Premium subscription. The privilege of ad-free watching, background playback and offline watching for you and up to five other people will now set you back an extra $5/month.
This tweak prevents the YouTube app from showing comments in landscape video mode
If you’re accustomed to the YouTube app defaulting to full-screen video playback when you turn your handset into landscape orientation, then I can only imagine your dismay when the YouTube app added the new behavior in which it displayed comments beside the video playback before going full-screen. I say this because I wasn’t too happy with it myself.
You might soon need YouTube Premium to watch videos in 4K resolution
You might soon have to get a paid YouTube Premium subscription, which costs $12/month, just to watch videos in 4K resolution on your computer or tablet.
YTShortsProgress forces the YouTube app to display a progress bar when watching Shorts
If you watch any ordinary video in the YouTube app, then a progress bar appears at the bottom of the video player to display your progress in the video in real time. For some reason, the same isn’t true about YouTube Shorts.
This jailbreak tweak prevents the notch from intruding on 2:1 aspect ratio YouTube videos
Depending on the type of iPhone you use, YouTube videos with a 2:1 aspect ratio may bleed slightly into the notch, causing an unsightly aesthetic to the video consumption experience. Upset with this, a Redditor took to /r/jailbreak to find a solution, and they surely found one.
How to watch YouTube TV in surround sound on your Apple TV
Learn how to enjoy YouTube TV with surround sound on your Apple TV, what you need to enjoy multi-channel audio, what other devices are supported and more.
How to receive a timely YouTube reminder 30 minutes before the iPhone 14 keynote
Signing up for a YouTube reminder ensures you will get notified on your device before Apple starts broadcasting its pre-recorded iPhone 14 presentation.
YouTube will watermark your shorts to discourage cross-posting to TikTok
Google wants to discourage people from cross-posting YouTube shorts to TikTok by automatically adding a watermark to their downloaded videos.
YTABConfig brings jailbreakers’ configuration of the YouTube app to a whole new level
YouTube regularly implements new features into its iOS & iPadOS apps as experiments, and sometimes, those features are only made available to a small subset of users around the world while the experiment takes place. In other words, some users may see those new features, while others don’t.
How to see all the YouTube comments you have ever made
YouTube keeps a record of all the comments you have made on the platform. Plus, it lets you see them in a single place. In this tutorial, we show you how to see all the comments you have posted on YouTube.