Tue, 21-Oct-2025

YouTube TV adds new PiP Mini-Player for android

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YouTube TV for Android is rolling out a new picture-in-picture (PiP) mini-player, similar to the one previously introduced on the main YouTube app. This new feature is available with version 8.47.0 of the YouTube TV app, as reported by 9to5Google. PiP Mini-Player features The PiP mini-player offers several controls, including: Play/Pause 15-second rewind and forward … Read more

YouTube is testing a free, ad-supported TV channel 

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YouTube is experimenting with ad-supported TV channels that showcase content from certain media companies. The company is testing the concept with Lionsgate and A&E. YouTube has previously provided premium ad-supported content. YouTube is experimenting with free, ad-supported TV channels that showcase content from certain media companies according to The Wall Street Journal. The concept is … Read more

YouTube TV’s Surround Sound Arrives

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Google unveiled YouTube TV’s surround sound in March, a year after promising it. Users must have YouTube TV app version 20 or above for 5.1 surround sound. Apple TV, Amazon’s Fire TV, gaming consoles still missing. Google’s YouTube TV now features surround sound. Finally, Google TV and Android TV subscribers can materialise. Google unveiled YouTube … Read more

On Google TV, Android TV, and Roku, YouTube TV now has 5.1 audio

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YouTube TV will soon support 5.1 surround sound. It’s coming to Google TV, Android TV, and Roku as well as Chromecasts and TVs built by Vizio, LG, or Samsung. YouTube TV revealed ambitions to introduce 5.1 surround sound compatibility to its streaming TV bundle about a year ago. When we asked YouTube chief product officer … Read more