Canadian Reviewer Weekly Roundup – 5/23 – 5/29

Airbnb reveals summer travel trends for 2021 and over 100 upgrades

Samsung won't drop Tizen for Android TV 

Twitch to add 350+ new tags for 'Your Community' tab 

Fitbit shifts to USB-C for the Luxe's charging cable 

Riot Games will host 'League of Legends' 2021 championship in Shenzhen on November 6 

Google Photos rolls out 'review and delete' tool ahead of storage policy change 

Apple TV on Xbox Series X/S get Dolby Vision 

Amazon's Eero 6 routers get Apple HomeKit support 

You can now join Twitter Spaces on the desktop & mobile web browsers 

Sony will bring 'Uncharted 4' to the PC 

Gmail will now let you save attached pictures to Google Photos 

WATCH: 'Horizon Forbidden West' 14-minute gameplay 

Lenovo Yoga Pad Pro can be a portable Nintendo Switch display 

Nintendo rumoured to release upgraded Switch in September 2021 

YouTube on mobile adds expanded Likes and Views counter in the description 

Here's another look at Twitter's Facebook-like reactions 

Apple pushes back Podcasts subscriptions to June 

Apple pushes back Podcasts subscriptions to June

Apple

Apple was supposed to roll out its Podcasts subscriptions this month. But after some creators ran into problems with the feature, the company has decided to push back its release to June to ensure they are "delivering the best experience for creators and listeners." Apple made this announcement to the creators via an email sent on Friday. Some of the issues included creators' inability to log into Apple's Podcast Connect portal or seeing delays in new episode availability. Apple said it fixed these "disruptions" already.

Apple's Podcasts subscriptions will offer subscribers to participating podcasts additional perks like early access to episodes and ad-free listening. The service will launch in 170 countries.

Source: The Verge

Here's another look at Twitter's Facebook-like reactions

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A few months ago, we already heard about Twitter trying out adding emoji reactions to tweets. Now, app researcher Jane Manchun Wong is giving another look at potential emoji reactions. She shows reactions like "Likes," "Cheer," "Hmm," "Sad," and "Haha." Some of them only have placeholder emojis. 

As The Verge noted, Twitter added "makes you think" and cheer options but leaves out Facebook's "angry" expression. When Twitter was asked to comment about this feature, it said the same thing as before. According to the company, it is "always exploring additional ways for people to express themselves in conversations."

YouTube on mobile adds expanded Likes and Views counter in the description

9to5Google

On both Android and iOS, YouTube gets new, more prominent Like and View counters in the expanded video description user interface. This UI change also shows more detailed and accurate upload date information. Now, when you extend or open the Description panel on the mobile app, you'll see a counter for Likes, Views, and the upload date. This counter won't be visible when the Description is contracted. YouTube didn't include Dislikes in this new format. You can't like or dislike videos from this view anyway. That's still something you need to do from the main preview pane.

Source: 9to5Google