YouTube adds TikTok-style live rings to show when someone is streaming
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Giant Video-Streaming Google YouTube adds a new indicator to be displayed when the direct streaming channel on the platform. This feature will make it easier to find direct content. The new update will display a ring with the word “direct” on it around the channel profile image when they stream directly. “It’s really focused on making it easier for users to find streaming directly on YouTube, so we launch a direct ring feature on your cellphone. YouTube streaming Live maker will now have a ring around the avatar channel and click it will take you directly to Livestream,” Neal Mohan, Head of Product Officer, YouTube, Tiktok uses the pulse of the ring effect on the channel profile picture to remind users that it lives.
Meanwhile, Youtube TV finally got support for image-in-picture (PIP) on the iPhone and iPad.Mohan said while he could not share the exact date, support image-in-picture on iOS must arrive “Hopefully in the next few months” for YouTube TV users. This feature has been available for Android users for Android users, but support for Youtube TV users on iOS has long been. TV also worked to expand several other features that included surround sound, which was launched last year on a very limited subset of devices.
Giant Video-Streaming Google YouTube adds a new indicator to be displayed when the direct streaming channel on the platform. This feature will make it easier to find direct content. The new update will display a ring with the word “direct” on it around the channel profile image when they stream directly. “It’s really focused on…