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Back in May, YouTube started testing “Listening controls” that looked to bring a dedicated music player to the main app for Premium subscribers. This UI is now widely rolled out for all videos. Listening controls replace everything underneath the video window with a sparse sheet. Play/pause, next/previous, and 10-second rewind/forward are the main buttons. There’s also the ability to like…

Reddit is rolling out a big update for its iOS and Android apps, as well as its desktop version. The company is bringing five new real-time features: voting animations, comment count animations, typing indicators, reading indicators, and a new comment indicator. According to the platform, these features are aimed at increasing engagement across Reddit. They answer our question of ‘if other…

Following Gmail last week, Play Books, Google Photos, and YouTube Music are set to get new widgets on Android. As expected, YouTube Music is getting a “Recently Played” widget that consists of two rows. The first notes your current track complete with album art, title, and artist, with buttons for play/pause and liking. You then get five shortcuts to recent videos, albums, and playlists for…

As a part of its latest Android announcements, Google is announcing new features for Android Auto. Rolling out soon, Android Auto will add support for touchscreen-based quick replies for message notifications. Since its launch, Android Auto has supported sending notifications from various messaging apps, but it’s only offered the option to reply to those messages using your voice. This is, of…