Play Games gets gameplay sharing. Photo: Google

Google’s focus on gaming grows even greater today, with the company rolling out a new Play Games update that lets Android users record and share gameplay clips directly to YouTube. Players can even add face-cam footage and commentary.

YouTube Red is rolling out now. Photo: YouTube

YouTube Red, the new subscription service that lets you enjoy the latest content from your favorite YouTube channels without ads, is now live in the United States.

Priced at $9.99 — and bundled with Google Play Music — Red also lets you play YouTube content in the background on your mobile devices, and download videos for offline viewing.

Share your gameplay with the world through YouTube Gaming. Photo: Samsung

YouTube Gaming, the gameplay streaming platform that arrived in August to take on Twitch, now allows paid subscribers and the ability to broadcast content directly from Android devices.

Share your gameplay with the world through YouTube Gaming. Photo: Samsung

YouTube will soon enable direct live-streaming from within your favorite Android games, allowing friends to watch while you take down pigs in Angry Birds, construct new bases in Minecraft, and wreak havoc in Goat Simulator.

YouTube now plays in portrait. Screenshots: Android Police

If you want to enjoy a YouTube video in fullscreen on Android, you have to watch it in landscape mode, which makes watching videos recorded in portrait an even more horrifying experience. But thanks to the app’s latest update, portrait videos are ever so slightly more bearable.