Google is making its in-car Play Store better, and YouTube finally gets background playback.

YouTube on Tuesday added new features to its mobile, web, and TV apps, including granular controls for playback speeds, a redesigned mini-player, collaborative playlists and badges. Until now, users ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Google says it’s experimenting with adding background playback to the live TV streaming service on its iOS and ...

Apple made a major U-turn with CarPlay after a decade of not allowing video playback. Starting with iOS 26, Apple technically allows apps to display video through the CarPlay screen while parked. Here ...

YouTube’s playback controls are broken on the Android app. Playback speed controls are still functioning properly on the YouTube website and the iOS app. On Android, you can tap and hold for 2x speed, ...

CarPlay is a useful Apple feature that brings communication and entertainment apps from your iPhone to the built-in screen in your car. Install supported apps on your iPhone, then compatible CarPlay ...

Chrome for Android’s “Listen to this page” feature is likely to soon support background playback. This will mean users can continue listening to online articles, even if the Chrome app is not open or ...

Twitter has announced that they’re currently testing a native playback feature for YouTube videos, which means Twitter users will no longer have to switch to the YouTube app to watch the video. iOS ...

Cell phones are moving to faster data rates and adding such features as cameras and MP3 playback as they evolve from wireless telephones to mobile communication, information and entertainment ...