YouTube Gets Rid of '301+', Promises More Up-to-Date Video View Count

Almost anyone who regularly watches YouTube videos must be familiar with the famous 301+ video views mark that shows up for new uploaded videos on the platform for a prolonged period of time. YouTube is all set to change it as the company on Wednesday announced that it will now show up real-time video view count below the video player. Additionally, the first Creator Preview version of YouTube Gaming for Android was also released.

Announcing the news, YouTube Creators Twitter account said, "We're saying goodbye to 301+ and hello to more up-to-date video views."

The company explained that until now when people watched a video, which usually is stored on many servers around the world, the views were recorded centrally to be verified as real. When a video passed 300 views, the video platform used to freeze the view count while checking for spam or bots increasing the number of views. Thus, the 301+ views showed up on the front end.

YouTube however says that now it counts views which it is confident they coming from real people and will now the views will be recorded real-time and will show the correct views in real-time.

In other news, Google has followed up on its YouTube Gaming app for Android announcement last month and has now released first version of the YouTube Gaming app for Android in "Creator Preview" mode. First reported by 9to5google, the new app is available in select regions.

To recall, Google's YouTube Gaming platform is the company's answer to Amazon's Twitch. According to the Google Play listing (not available in India), the app lets users watch videos from more than 25,000 games alongside experiencing live streams while chatting with other gamers. The app will also let users browse dedicated pages for every game, as well as publisher and gamer channels, and users can search categories from reviews to let's plays, machinima, eSports, and more. The app also allows users to subscribe to game channels for updates and easy access. Below is the complete changelog for YouTube Gaming app for Android.

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