After YouTube discontinued its private messaging feature in 2019, the platform is now reintroducing this functionality for a select group of users. Users with access to the test are able to share videos directly on the mobile app, including long-form videos, Shorts, and even live streams.

ESPN announced a final decision on its college football pregame show despite coming to a deal with YouTube TV.

According to a post from a YouTube employee on a Google support thread, YouTube is currently testing a new way to "share videos" through direct messages on the platform through the mobile app. YouTube says in the post that this has been a "top feature request."

Baseball fans using YouTube TV may be disappointed to learn that MLB.TV won't be included in ESPN Unlimited on the platform.

The details are fuzzy, but I think my husband and I downloaded the YouTube Kids app to our TV sometime in 2022, when between one and three members of the household came down with the flu at the same time.

This week, George Bryan came to Luke Kwon's defense, saying the Internet Invitational "wanted to make him a villain and they did a great job of that."

YouTube is trialing native private chats, allowing users to share videos and discuss them without switching apps. The test could expand globally if successful.

YouTube is testing the return of direct messages six years after the feature was removed, but only a small group of users will get access for now.