Slowly but surely, YouTube is building a serious Twitch competitor.
With YouTube Gaming, you can live stream and watch your favorite streamers play video games.
Launched in August, YouTube just announced a first major update.
Like Twitch's partnership program, you can pay a monthly Sponsorship subscription to support your favorite streamers, get a special badge and more.
It costs $3.99 compared to $4.99 for Twitch.
You can use YouTube's watch later feature directly on YouTube Gaming.
The watch page on the website was redesigned.
The mobile app will remember your previous searches.
Finally, the company announced that people are watching 144 billion minutes of recorded gaming videos and live streams on YouTube.
Not bad, but it would be even more interesting to know how it breaks down between live streams and "traditional" YouTube videos.
