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YouTube Plans To Offer Free Access To Its YouTube Originals Productions Starting With 2020

YouTube will offer users its own productions, including movies and series, free of charge thanks to an advertising-supported solution, which will be available to all users of the platform in 2020. A YouTube representative has reported the change of strategy to the US weekly Variety.

The platform owned by Google has stated that during 2019 “will continue to invest in programming with scripts and changes to make YouTube Originals, the company’s own productions, supported by advertising,” reach a wider audience. YouTube has said that this initiative “will expand the audience of YouTube Originals product creators,” and offer advertisers “incredible content that will reach the YouTube generation,” an audience of nearly 2 billion users within the platform.

YouTube’s new strategy is called “Single Slate,” and the spokesman said it would combine video-on-demand (VOD) pay-per-view solutions with free access monetized with ads.

YouTube Plans To Offer Free Access To Its YouTube Originals Productions Starting With 2020

The company’s original content, YouTube Originals, will be available free to all users, although YouTube has reported that it will keep some paid productions, such as the second season of Cobra Kai, a series inspired by the Karate Kid movies.

YouTube launched its catalog of original productions at the beginning of 2015, and since then new products have been added. Within YouTube Originals, there are series such as Foursome, Mind Field or the previously mentioned Cobra Kai. According to the publication, YouTube will include in its premium service early access to exclusive original content.

Currently, the YouTube Premium version offers the ability to view content without ads and the need for an Internet connection for $11.99 per month. This paid service has expanded to 29 countries during 2018. On the other hand, YouTube Music will cost $4.99 per month. For now, these new rates are only available in the United States, although the company plans to extend them to more countries, as well.

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AirPlay 2 Supports Sonos And Other Third-Party Applications and Devices

The new wireless audio technology from the Apple AirPlay 2.0 was presented at WWDC 2017, although the truth did not have the attention expected, as it was overshadowed by iOS 11, the launch of HomePod, MacOS High Sierra, and a new line of computers. However, if you are an Apple user, you can not downplay the importance of all the benefits AirPlay 2 brings, as it allows not only send images, videos and more, via WiFi but, also, is compatible with Sonos speakers and can create an audio network for the whole home.

Best of all, finally, after several months of development, AirPlay 2 finally arrived to provide Apple device users with innovations and advances in wireless audio interaction. The new AirPlay 2 technology allows Apple’s HomeKit to communicate and send audio to multiple compatible “receiving” speakers in the home to create a cinematic atmosphere.

AirPlay 2 Supports Sonos and Other Third-Party Applications and Devices

Best of all, even one of the most popular audio company, Sonos, has promised support for AirPlay 2, which means you can stream your favorite songs to Sonos One and HomePod simultaneously. All you need to do is use the iOS Home app to tag and organize your different speakers.

AirPlay 2 works with iOS 11 and MacOS 10.13 High Sierra or later, which means that if you’re using an Apple device at home with those operating systems, you can control audio playback through AirPlay2. The same goes for Apple TV and Apple TV 4K streaming devices. TvOS 11 (released in the fall of 2017) turns your Apple TV into an “emitter” device and a “receiver” device, so if you have a traditional audio system connected to the Apple TV, it will become part of the AirPlay 2 ecosystem, even if the speakers are not directly compatible with it.

Also, because AirPlay 2 is an open API, any developer or manufacturer can ask Apple to add support for their application or device, so unlike Sonos, for example, you won’t need to play music from a specific application only.

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Upcoming Viber Update Will Make 1 Billion Groups Possible

Viber is a text messaging app that continues to become more and more popular. That is because the application constantly improves itself in order to keep up with the competitions. Viber Latest Update will be responsible for a couple of nice features.

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New options will be introduced by Viber. For example, users will be allowed to create groups that have up to 1 billion members. This will be an impressive feature and we can only imagine for what purposes it will be used. A group with 1 billion members could easily include all the citizens of multiple countries. There is no other app that has such a feature.

Monetization features will also be added in the future. This means that Community owners will have a chance to obtain money as their groups grow bigger. One billion members Communities can be created by any user, and you don’t need a special status in order to do that.

A community can have various statuses. Communities can be created for gaming, sports, traveling or various other purposes. Viber has made sure that Communities have a couple of new useful features. The unlimited members function is just one of them.

Another feature is one tap joining, which allows new members to tap a link in order to join a public community. This will make it a lot easier for Communities to recruit new members. Additionally, when someone new joins a Community, he or she will be able to see the complete chat history, which means that they won’t miss out on anything. Finally, admins can make important announcements on the group and they can pin them to the top of the chat so that all members have a chance to see them.

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WhatsApp To Add A New Feature To Help Users Find Desired WhatsApp Stickers

WhatsApp has not yet made its stickers known to all its users. However, with a new feature that will soon be added to the service, it will become easier for mobile users to find the right WhatsApp stickers for them quickly.

Thanks to the new function in WhatsApp, users will be able to enter keywords to find the desired WhatsApp stickers that they want to use in their chats. This feature is already under development for the Android version of WhatsApp. However, WABetaInfo reported that no information has yet been collected regarding the availability of the functionality on iOS.

WhatsApp already classifies its stickers by categories

Apple users will notice some similarities between this new feature and the way emoji works on iOS devices. However, instead of offering you a search function, the apple brand uses a predictive entry system to suggest the emoji you can use.

It is not to be ruled out that WhatsApp plans to follow Apple’s lead later and use the predictive entry system on its WhatsApp stickers. Similarly, the Cupertino-based tech giant may also include stickers in its features later on, although this would only duplicate emojis and could therefore only clutter up rather than serving users.

Even if the functionality is not yet installed, WhatsApp already offers users several categories of stickers. For example, in one of the classes, users can find stickers such as “surprised”, “happy,” or “sad.” To allow a better search, WhatsApp will highlight the “Favorites” and “Most Used” categories, too.

More WhatsApp stickers to come

Currently, the instant messaging app is only offering 12 official sticker packs. Therefore, choosing the sticker that best suits your discussion and emotions is not very complicated. The more stickers on WhatsApp increase, the more useful the upcoming feature will be to users.

You can also download additional stickers, but many of them are paid. Therefore, it would not be surprising if WhatsApp would add new WhatsApp stickers designed by third parties.

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Oppo RX17 Pro and Oppo RX17 Neo Unveiled By The Chinese Manufacturer

Shortly after officially introducing the Oppo Find X, the Chinese brand unveiled two new models, the Oppo RX17 Pro and a second, a mid-range model, the Oppo RX17 Neo. At a conference, the company indicated that the letter R was a reference to the words “Real, Revolution and Reform” while the X was a reference to the term “Extraordinary.”

The Oppo RX17 Pro has a dual battery

According to the technical data sheet of the Oppo RX17 Pro, the smartphone has a Snapdragon 710, as well as a fingerprint sensor under the screen, similar to the Huawei Mate 20 Pro and the OnePlus 6T. It also has 6GB of RAM, 128GB of storage space and runs on ColorOS 5.2 launcher.

Because the device is compatible with Oppo’s fast charging technology, you can charge your phone to 40% in just 10 minutes, while a full charge takes 40 minutes. Of particular interest is the fact that the new smartphone offers a dual 1850 mAh battery, for a total of 3700 mAh.

Oppo RX17 Pro boasts a 6.4-inch AMOLED display with 2340×1080 pixels. It also benefits from Gorilla Glass 6 glass protection. Oppo’s smartphone relies mainly on the capabilities of its three rear cameras which offer the OIS (Optical Image Stabilization) and the AI Ultra-Clear, a system that allows high-quality night shots.

The Oppo R17 Pro is available in emerald green and neon purple.

The Oppo RX17 Neo is a mid-range smartphone

As regarding the Oppo RX17 Neo, it has a 6.4-inch AMOLED display, Snapdragon 660 SoC, 4GB RAM, 128GB storage, and a 3600 mAh battery. The dual rear sensor comes with 2-MP and 16-MP sensors, while the selfies camera boasts 25 megapixels. However, Oppo RX17 Neo does not have SuperVOOC fast charging technology but still offers VOOC Charging.

While the competitor of the Oppo RX17 Pro is the OnePlus 6T, the rival of the Oppo RX17 Neo would be the Honor Play. The Oppo RX17 Neo is available in mocha red and astral blue.

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