A new version of YouTube for iOS, which Google has left Appde for two months, is now available
The vast majority of iOS apps provided by Google have been left unupdated for over two months since early December 2020, but a new version of one of the major apps, the YouTube app, has finally arrived. It's unclear why Google didn't provide updates for major apps.
Google resumes updating iPhone apps, including YouTube --9to5Google
After two months, the iOS version of the YouTube app is finally updated --PhoneArena
https://www.phonearena.com/news/google-finally-updates-ios-version-of-YouTube_id130119
Google updates its iOS YouTube app, the first update to one of its major iOS apps since December --The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2021/2/13/22282000/google-bug-fix-ios-youtube-app-privacy-apple-gmail-docs-search-update
Google usually updates the app every one to two weeks, but for the YouTube app for iOS, the new version has been available for more than two months since version 15.49.4 was released on December 7, 2020. It remained unreleased. Even though Google hasn't released a new version of the app, when I use the Google app on my iOS device, I get a message prompting me to update to the new version of the app, 'This app is out of date.' It has even been reported that it will end up.
However, on February 13, 2021, version 15.49.6 of the YouTube app for iOS was finally released.
It's normal for big IT companies to suspend work during the New Year holidays, but 'usually updates were delivered by mid-January,' Google-related media 9to5Google reports. It's unclear why the new version was released later than usual, but Apple's introduction of a '
However, 9to5Google points out that 'the iOS version of the YouTube app specified the user information to be collected even before the privacy label was required to be specified,' and it is unknown why the update was delayed. It remains. In addition, the release note part of the YouTube app for iOS says 'Fixed bugs, improved performance, and drank too much coffee.'
The privacy label of the YouTube app for iOS is as follows.
In addition, Google has stated that it will specify the privacy label on its own iOS app, and at the time of writing the article, the privacy label has been added to more than 12 apps such as Stadia, Authenticator, Translate, Classroom. However, major apps such as Google, Google Drive, Google Maps, Google Chrome, and Gmail remain unupdated at the time of writing.
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