<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>YouTube Data API API Changes — Google Cloud Radar</title><description>Real-time pre-release intelligence and changelog for Google YouTube Data API. Tracked from Google Discovery Service.</description><link>https://google-cloud-radar.com/</link><language>en-us</language><atom:link href="https://google-cloud-radar.com/services/youtube-data-api/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>YouTube Shorts Thumbnails Now Available</title><link>https://google-cloud-radar.com/changes/2026-11-05-youtube-v3</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://google-cloud-radar.com/changes/2026-11-05-youtube-v3</guid><description>The `ThumbnailDetails` schema now includes a new `shortsAspectRatio` property, providing access to 9:16 aspect ratio thumbnails specifically for YouTube Shorts. This allows developers to better display Shorts content.</description><pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Data Analytics</category><service>YouTube Data API</service><api>youtube.v3</api><impact>medium</impact><breaking>false</breaking><interesting_score>6</interesting_score><status>canary</status></item><item><title>⚠️ [BREAKING] YouTube Comments: `imageUrl` Now Output-Only</title><link>https://google-cloud-radar.com/changes/2026-10-01-youtube-v3</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://google-cloud-radar.com/changes/2026-10-01-youtube-v3</guid><description>The `imageUrl` property in `CommentSnippet` is now read-only, meaning developers can no longer set it. Additionally, several media upload endpoints now accept a broader range of content types.</description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Data Analytics</category><service>YouTube Data API</service><api>youtube.v3</api><impact>high</impact><breaking>true</breaking><interesting_score>9</interesting_score><status>canary</status></item><item><title>⚠️ [BREAKING] YouTube Data API: `postId` Removed, `favorite`/`like` Activities Gone, `subscription` Restored</title><link>https://google-cloud-radar.com/changes/2026-09-24-youtube-v3</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://google-cloud-radar.com/changes/2026-09-24-youtube-v3</guid><description>The YouTube Data API v3 has undergone significant breaking changes. The `postId` parameter and properties have been removed from comments and comment threads. Additionally, `favorite` and `like` activity types and their associated schemas are no longer available. On a positive note, the `subscription` activity type is no longer deprecated.</description><pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Data Analytics</category><service>YouTube Data API</service><api>youtube.v3</api><impact>high</impact><breaking>true</breaking><interesting_score>9</interesting_score><status>canary</status></item><item><title>Granular Scopes for Video Ratings</title><link>https://google-cloud-radar.com/changes/2026-09-02-youtube-v3</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://google-cloud-radar.com/changes/2026-09-02-youtube-v3</guid><description>The videos.getRating method now supports the youtube.readonly scope, allowing for more restricted access to rating data.</description><pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Data Analytics</category><service>YouTube Data API</service><api>youtube.v3</api><impact>low</impact><breaking>false</breaking><interesting_score>4</interesting_score><status>canary</status></item><item><title>⚠️ [BREAKING] YouTube Data API v3: Major Breaking Changes &amp; Strict Validation</title><link>https://google-cloud-radar.com/changes/2026-08-25-youtube-v3</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://google-cloud-radar.com/changes/2026-08-25-youtube-v3</guid><description>A significant update to the YouTube Data API v3 enforces strict requirements for core parameters and marks several video statistic fields as read-only. Developers must update their requests to include mandatory fields like part, id, and channelId.</description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Data Analytics</category><service>YouTube Data API</service><api>youtube.v3</api><impact>high</impact><breaking>true</breaking><interesting_score>9</interesting_score><status>canary</status></item></channel></rss>