Taylor worked with AP from 2018 to 2025, most recently as Google Editor. On March 13, popular alternative YouTube client Vanced announced it would be shuttering its service in the immediate future.

There’s perhaps no third-party YouTube app more popular than YouTube Vanced, bringing a variety of features to the table compared to the stock app. Unfortunately, the app was shut down by its creators ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 ...

Google's YouTube video platform operates on a model where users can either watch videos for free with ads or pay a monthly subscription for YouTube Premium to remove ads and unlock additional perks.

YouTube Vanced, a popular mod of the official YouTube Android app, is dead. The project announced its discontinuation over the weekend. The project leaders are being weirdly coy about why the app is ...

Most Android apps worth using are in the Google Play Store, but there are a few popular pieces of software you'll have to venture out into the wider internet to obtain. For example, Fortnite is still ...