YouTube extends messaging to web

YouTube's mobile-only messaging feature has now been extended to the web version as well. With the messaging feature, you will be able to chat with your friends' right on YouTube.com, The Verge reported.

The conversations will be accessible from the chat bubble icon next to the notifications bell on the upper right corner while the chat history will pop up on the bottom left of the screen.

You will be able to share content into private conversations using the share button under any YouTube video and select a contact. You can react with hearts to like a video or message in the chat.

Besides, YouTube is hiring music experts across the world to make its revamped music streaming subscription more locally “authentic,” officials at YouTube told Reuters.

Music programmers in countries such as France and Brazil are among the top investments, YouTube says it is making to address issues that have left Google a distant rival to Spotify Technology SA and Apple in online music subscriptions globally. Analysts estimate Google is near 10 million subscribers.