YouTube introduces 30-second voice replies to comments, improving the experience for millions of creators. The recorded voice reply is currently available exclusively on a creator’s own video and shorts, allowing channel owners to record and post short audio responses directly below viewer comments, reported Cord Cutters News .

There were more than 7,600 reports of issues with the streaming platform as of 08:27 a.m. ET, according to Downdetector, which tracks outages by collating status reports from a number of sources. Get a daily digest of breaking business news straight to your inbox with the Reuters Business newsletter. Sign up here.

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YouTube has reportedly grappled with an outage, causing disruption for thousands of users across different countries, including the United States, United Kingdom, Pakistan, and more.On Friday, December 19,

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YouTube will no longer share its music data with Billboard, citing objections to how the publication weights streams when calculating its U.S. music charts. Set to go into effect next month, the change means Billboard 's charts won't be able to take YouTube's music streaming data into account at all.