The test is only available for a limited number of videos and users, and won’t replace existing video descriptions, but YouTube hopes they’ll help viewers decide what to watch. The test is only ...

YouTube will begin to experiment with new generative AI features, the company announced today. As part of the premium package available to paid subscribers, YouTube users will be able to try out a new ...

A / B testing for thumbnails is rolling out more widely. A / B testing for thumbnails is rolling out more widely. is a senior reporter covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in ...

YouTube Shorts detailed a test to facilitate the clarity and understanding of its thumbs-down button for users.

Is it a conspiracy? For months, YouTubers have been quietly griping that something looked off in their recent video uploads. Following a deeper analysis by a popular music channel, Google has now ...

The very latest YouTube UI test or experiment is rolling out visual indicators for the most viewed portion of a video above the playback progress bar on mobile and desktop. Added to the regular ...

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YouTube is rolling out, or at least widely testing, a new video player design for its web experience that feels much different. YouTube has looked, in many ways, roughly the same for a long time. That ...

A new dataset of 300K viral YouTube videos suggests that faces in thumbnails perform about the same as without them, with ...