Commander is already Magic: The Gathering’s most social format, but The Command Zone just found a way to make it even more festive just in time for the holidays — and in a fun way just about anybody can recreate with their friends.
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YouTube is rolling out a new roundup experience that lets you quickly review your most notable video habits over the last year. The Recap feature “uniquely highlights interests, deep dives, and moments” based on your watch history, according to YouTube’s announcement, providing up to 12 cards that spotlight top channels, interests, and how your taste in videos has changed over time.
It appears similar to Spotify’s end-of-year Wrapped experience, which other services like Apple Music and Amazon Music have also riffed on in recent years. YouTube’s Recap feature will even assign users a “personality type” based on viewing habits, such as Adventurer, Skill Builder, and Creative Spirit — which seem comparable to Spotify’s listening personality types.
Recap is launching for YouTube users in the US starting today, and will roll out globally this week. The feature is available on both mobile devices and desktop, and can be found by selecting the dedicated button on the YouTube homepage or under the “You” tab in the user menu.
Some stats related to listening and watching music, such as your top artists and songs, will also be included in Recap, though it’s not replacing the existing Recap experience for YouTube Music that provides an annual review of top artists, songs, genres, and podcasts. YouTube Music app users will still have “a separate YouTube Music Recap available within that app,” according to a YouTube support page.
Alongside the video Recap launch, YouTube also shared some trend charts that show which topics, creators, podcasts, and songs have been the most popular with US users this year. Some stats aren’t especially surprising — MrBeast remains the top creator and The Joe Rogan Experience holds the number one spot in the podcast rankings, for example — but it’s interesting to see that the KPop Demon Hunters soundtrack was less popular in Shorts compared to its domination on the general top songs chart.
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Marques Brownlee’s Panels wallpaper app is shutting down on December 31st, barely a year after its controversial launch. “We made mistakes making our first app, and ultimately, we weren’t able to turn it into the vision I had,” Brownlee said in a video on the MKBHD YouTube channel.
The Panels launch in September 2024 was met with a flood of criticism over its expensive subscription pricing and advertising setup. “Earlier this year, the makeup of the development team changed, and despite our best efforts to bring in collaborators who shared our passion and vision, we weren’t able to find the right fit,” reads a message on the Panels website. “Rather than keeping the app running without being able to grow it in the way we originally envisioned, we felt it was best to make a clean break.”
All user data will be deleted following the app shutdown, with Brownlee then planning to make the Panels code open source and available on GitHub. All subscriptions will be automatically canceled when Panels is pulled from app stores, and refunds for active subscriptions will be issued after December 31st.
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