Weekly Update - November 16, 2019: Youtube, Rcs, Maps

This yesteryear calendar week I was inward Boulder, Colorado at the 2019 Google Product Expert Meetup. It was corking to run across my immature human being PEs from the U.S.A. in addition to Canada, in addition to larn most in addition to render feedback on Google products. Now that I’m habitation again, I'm exclusively simply getting caught up, in addition to therefore hopefully I didn't immature adult woman whatever big news. I tin lavatory say yous that this calendar week at that topographic point were major updates for YouTube creators, Android users, trouble concern owners, webmasters in addition to much more.

• This calendar week YouTube announced that creators need to indicate whether their videos or channel is “made for kids” (YouTube volition also automatically review content to assist ensure compliance). This is the final result of a village amongst the U.S.A. FTC to ensure YouTube complies amongst the Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule (COPPA). That requires getting permission from parents earlier whatever personal information is collected from immature children. When changes are rolled out inward January, channels “made for kids” volition endure missing many of YouTube’s features, including the notification bell, word tab, video comments in addition to stories. Those videos tin lavatory endure monetized, but won’t present personalized ads, or accept Super Chats, Super Stickers or Memberships. overview of announcements in addition to “identifying sites that charge fast or irksome for users amongst clear badging”. They are working amongst Microsoft in addition to Chrome OS to create secure Progressive Web Apps amongst advanced capabilities, similar “complex editing, inventiveness tools, in addition to advanced device communication”.
• Google is rolling out the mightiness to embed MP3 in addition to WAV well files inward Slides presentations. This should endure available for all users yesteryear the cease of November. I tin lavatory run across the selection inward my account, in addition to therefore this is non express to G Suite users.
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  Image: Macarons at the Google Product Expert Meetup inward Boulder. Photo yesteryear me.
  
  

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