What's New

Partner Site Changes

This page lists the changes made to the partner site every month.

[September 2023]

• Voice Actions Launched on YouTube Main App

[August 2023]

• Device Certification Portal Testing Page Updates
• NFL Sunday Ticket Partner Support and Escalation Paths

[May 2023]

• The new Shipping Details for India Lab article has been added to the Compliance tab.
• The Certification Process article has been updated.
• The Cobalt Device Certification article has been updated to include FAQ 2.
• The YouTube Test Suite (YTS) Release Notes article has been updated with May 2 release details.

[April 2023]

• The Resources tab has the following updates:
  • The YouTube Test Suite (YTS) Release Notes has been updated with release details for January, February, March, and April 2023 months.
  • The [April 2023] YouTube Living Room Partner Newsletter 2 has been added.
  • The YouTube Living Room App Release Notes has been updated with Q4 Release Summary.
• The Certification tab has a new article page titled Device Certification Guide. This article explains the certification workflow in Device Certification portal.
• The Announcements tab has been renamed to Resources.
• The Using YTS Command Line Interface page has been updated. The node has been updated in the Installation section from Node.js v12 to Node.js v16.

The following newsletters have been added:

• [April 2023] YouTube Living Room Partner Newsletter
• [March 2023] YouTube Living Room Partner Newsletter 2
• [March 2023] YouTube Living Room Partner Newsletter

[March 2023]

• The Accessing Living Room Partnership Resources page has been updated to include a Note. The note informs the partner to login to their partner domain account every 60-90 days or the account(s) may be deactivated due to inactivity.
• The YTS Guided Tests page has been updated. The following sections have been added and updated:
  • Voice Tests (new)
  • Universal Search Tests (new)
  • Renamed Tests (updated)
• The Cobalt Evergreen FAQs page has been added.
• The [Feb 23 2023] Cobalt 23.LTS.3 Release, Cobalt GitHub Repo Refresh newsletter has been added.

[February 2023]

• The following newsletters have been added:

  • [February 2023] YouTube Living Room Partner Newsletter 2
  • [February 2023] YouTube Living Room Partner Newsletter
  • [Nov 9 2022] Cobalt 23.lts.1 YouTube Account Switch App Hang, YouTube is Allowing Re-certification of Previously Certified Device Series
  • [Oct 10 2022] Cobalt 23 LTS Stable Release, Precert Certification Cut-off Date for 2022 Certification Extension, and YTS 2023 Release Update
  • [October 2022] YouTube Living Room Partner Newsletter

• The following release note has been updated:

  • [December 5] UX Changes In Certification Portal, Derivative Model Support In Certification Portal For 2023 Device Series, YTS Guided Tests Launch and Changes In 2023 SW Requirement For URL Query Parameters

• The navigation structure on the What's New page has been updated.

• The contents of the Accessing Living Room Partnership Resources page have been updated.

• The Cobalt Known Issues page has been updated to include the reporting details for 8/18/22 as well as the sequence of the reporting dates.

• The Using Device Certification Portal page has been migrated from the YTLR help center.

[January 2023]

• The YTS Guided Tests article has been updated with a note in the Wake-on-LAN section.

[December 2022]

• The partner site has been updated with device partners content from the Partner Portal.