YouTube is rolling out a new, smaller Skip button for advertisements on multiple devices in different regions. The new button is nearly opaque and easier to spot than the one tested in August, but is ...

The YouTube mobile app is starting to hide its countdown timer and grayed-out skip button when it plays ads. The skip button now only surfaces after a user has watched a specific portion of the ad, ...

It may only take a few seconds for the "skip ad" button to appear on a YouTube video, but sometimes that wait feels like an eternity. Unfortunately, some users have been forced to wait far longer, ...