In addition to the upcoming addition of non-skippable and pauseable screen ads, the YouTube app on Android and Google TV receives support for more Assistant Voice Commands in the first quarter of 2023.
Existing Google Assistant voice commands let you play/resume, pause/pause, fast-forward, rewind, go to the next/last video, restart a clip, and turn off closed captions on YouTube for Android TV allows to do.
You can now like/dislike a video and un/subscribe to a channel with “Hey Google, like this video, dislike this video, subscribe or unsubscribe”.
YouTube for TV has also added the podcast theme which was first introduced on the web. It’s located in the More tab at first, but it’ll move up in the menu if you watch podcast content more often. This includes YouTube Music and various carousels like “Your New Episodes” and “Your Saved Shows” from the main service. There are also various recommendations, popular episodes, and various genres.
Meanwhile, YouTube is now showing Shorts content in search results, and Google has made the Recommended Shelf more responsive:
This means that as you scroll through the shelf, it will keep refreshing the recommendations so you always have new videos to choose from!
Ultimately:
- ,you can more easily switch between accounts While watching YouTube on TV, thus making it easy to share with family! That way, everyone in the household can access YouTube from the same device, without having to sign-out and sign-in every time.
- ,You can also use the account switcher to switch directly to your child’s profile in the YouTube Kids app on a smart TV, streaming device, or game console. Previously you had to navigate to the YouTube Kids app icon on your TV to launch the app, so we hope you find this new experience easy!”
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