Top 2020 updates: YouTube, Blogger, AdSense, Meet, Hangouts

Happy New Year! 

2020 was a difficult year to say the least.  Thank you all for reading and subscribing! Knowing that folks find my posts helpful and interesting is what keeps me going. 

I'll be posting a more detailed 2020 retrospective - and what's on the horizon for 2021 - in the coming week. 

For now, here are the top updates from 2020: 

YouTube

• Add a manager, editor or Studio viewer to your YouTube channel
• Tour of YouTube updates to Live Control Room
• YouTube Making Age Restriction More Consistent (and Harder to Bypass)
• Goodbye Classic YouTube Studio!

AdSense

• AdSense COVID-19-related changes: delayed site reviews, payment issues
• New AdSense Reports will not include older stats and YouTube data

Blogger

• New Blogger is coming soon - try it now!

Hangouts and Chat

• Phone Calls in Hangouts are Going Away Soon: Get a refund of your call credit balance
• Classic Hangouts losing phone calls and SMS; Chat for everyone next year

Meet

• New Meet and Duo features: 49-person grid, background blur, screen sharing and more

Other

• Yahoo Groups to completely shut down December 15

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