Upcoming changes to the oEmbed service
	I wanted to pass along news of some upcoming changes to YouTube's oEmbed service. For those not familiar with YouTube's support for oEmbed, it's described at [link] Starting this Wednesday evening, the dimensions used in the embed code returned by oEmbed will be changing. Specifically, the height of the... more » By Jeffrey Posnick  - Sep 12 2011 - 3 new of 3 messages

	Read-only Downtime: Sept. 20
	Hello Folks, YouTube.com, and by extension the YouTube API, will be in read-only mode on Tuesday, September 20 starting at 5:00pm PDT. This should last for approximately 4 to 6 hours. YouTube API calls that create or update metadata or videos will fail during this period of time. As a best practice, we recommend making... more » By Jeffrey Posnick  - Sep 12 2011 - 2 new of 2 messages

	New YouTube Data API Release on Staging Server
	Hello Folks, There is a new revision of the YouTube Data API running on [link] For more about our staging policy and how to test your code, please see [link] Please test your applications and let us know in the general YouTube... more » By Jeffrey Posnick  - Sep 8 2011 - 1 new of 1 message

	Auth Tokens & Unlinked YouTube Accounts
	We have a new blog post up at [link] That contains some important information for developers using AuthSub or OAuth. Existing tokens that were generated for YouTube accounts that were not linked to Google Accounts will become invalid on... more » By Jeffrey Posnick  - Aug 25 2011 - 1 new of 1 message

Coming Soon: The Dark Player for Embeds

You may have noticed that we’ve changed the look of the player on YouTube. You may even have noticed that we’ve been experimenting with changing the look of embedded players too. Coming up on August 10, all embeds will automatically be updated to the new "dark player". To read more about the new "dark player", check out our blog post (http://... more » By Shannon -jj Behrens  - Aug 6 2011 - 1 new of 1 message

Playlist <iframe> URLs Pre-announcement

We want to take the opportunity to pre-announce an upcoming change to the default format for playlist embeds that is exposed on YouTube.com. Currently, if you generate an embed code for a playlist on the playlist's YouTube.com page, the code consists of an <object>/<embed> tag combination. We will soon be transitioning to an alternative... more » By Jeffrey Posnick  - Aug 5 2011 - 1 new of 1 message

	Read-only Downtime: Aug. 8
	Hello Folks, YouTube.com, and by extension the YouTube API, will be in read-only mode on Monday, August 8 starting at 7:00pm PDT. This should last for approximately 3 to 4 hours. YouTube API calls that create or update metadata or videos will fail during this period of time. As a best practice, we recommend making... more » By Jeffrey Posnick  - Aug 3 2011 - 1 new of 1 message

	Follow @YouTubeDev on Twitter!
	Just a heads-up regarding an additional way to stay up to date on YouTube API news and tips: we'll be tweeting under the @YouTubeDev Twitter account. Cheers, -Jeff Posnick, YouTube API Team Blog: [link] Twitter: @YouTubeDev Mailgroup: [link]... more » By Jeffrey Posnick  - Jul 20 2011 - 1 new of 1 message

	Say Hello to the New Playlist Player
	We're happy to announce that a new version of the embedded playlist player is now available for developers to use, and it will soon become the default. More details and a live example of the new player can be found in our blog at [link]... more » By Jeffrey Posnick  - Jul 14 2011 - 1 new of 1 message

	YouTube Contact Category Deprecation
	Until recently, YouTube (and the YouTube API) has allowed users to associate a category—either “Friend” or “Family”—with their YouTube contacts. However, this functionality has already been removed from the YouTube web interface, and we want to let developers know that we will be making corresponding changes to the YouTube API.... more » By Jeffrey Posnick  - Jun 17 2011 - 1 new of 1 message