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YouTube Jacks Up the Price for Premium

Want to skip those annoying, long, repetitive ad breaks on YouTube? Well, Google-parent Alphabet is going to need you to pay more. The YouTube Premium subscription service now costs $13.99, up $2 from before. Thinking about paying annually? Well, now you’re going to need to pony up $139.99, $20 more than it was previously.Do Not Steal Our Robot Dog!In addition, YouTube Music is going up by $1 to $10.99 a month. Google made these changes without any formal announcement as of Thursday morning ET. The news was first spotted…

Google hit with $15 million verdict in US trial over audio patents

Alphabet's Google must pay patent-holding company Personal Audio LLC $15.1 million for infringing two patents related to audio software, a Delaware federal jury said in a verdict made public on Wednesday.Personal Audio had argued that Google's music app Google Play Music featured playlist downloading, navigation, and editing features that violated its patent rights. The jury also said that Google infringed the patents willfully, which could lead to a judge increasing the award by up to three times the verdict amount.…

YouTube Music for Android Could Soon Get a Sleep Timer Feature: Report

Google is reportedly working on a sleep timer feature for the YouTube Music app on Android. The sleep timer was already available on Google Play Music. However, users were supposed to go to the main setting list to enable this feature. Hopefully, this won't be the case when it comes to YouTube Music. The report also states that the sleep timer on the app will appear as a bottom sheet within the playback controls.As mentioned above, Google is working to bring a sleep timer feature to YouTube Music app on Android, according…