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  • New YouTube App Comes to PlayStation 3 in Europe

    Sony today announced that PlayStation 3 owners in Europe will finally be getting the newly redesigned YouTube app. The redesign emphasizes subscriptions and search. From the PlayStation blog post:

    You might have watched YouTube on PS3 before, but get ready for a completely new experience that’s designed for the big screen and PS3 controls. The new app brings you more content, like your subscribed channels, and more ways to find videos, with better search tools, more ways to watch YouTube by pairing your smartphone, and more language options.

    The smartphone-as-a-remote feature only requires “a quick pairing process.” After that users will be able to browse video on their phone, then play it on a TV and control the video using the phone. The expanded YouTube app languages now include English, Swedish, Italian, German, Spanish, French, Dutch, and Russian.

    The redesigned app on the PS3 can be found under “TV & Video Services” and “My Channels.” The new rolls out today for the U.K., France, Germany, Australia, New Zealand, Belgium, Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Russia, and India.

  • YouTube App Not Included in iOS 6

    Today developers for Apple’s iOS mobile platform were treated to beta 4 of iOS 6, the latest version of the operating system. As the beta moves forward, developers and Apple fans alike have been able to see more of what Apple’s vision of the future of the iPhone and iPad really is. It turns out that vision does not include a pre-installed YouTube app.

    Engadget was able to contact Apple about the glaring omission, though not much was revealed. Their source stated that the licensing deal between Apple and Google to include the YouTube app in iOS has, or is quickly coming to, and end. The YouTube app will remain a part of iOS 5 and older, but newer versions of the OS will not have the familiar old-style TV set icon on the homescreen.

    Luckily, the Engadget Apple source also mentioned that Google is already working on an App Store version of the YouTube app for iOS. Development on such an app shouldn’t take too long, though it will still have to pass through Apple’s arduous App Store approval process. It’s a given, though, that the app will become one of the most popular in the App Store when it is released.

    It makes sense for Apple to let Google go it alone with their own YouTube app. The YouTube app included in iOS was a front-and-center icon that provided access directly to a product from Google, which has become one of Apple’s biggest competitors. This fits with the trend of Apple replacing the functionality of other Google products on iOS, such as Maps, with its own software.