
Google, for its part, has made it clear that it intended to be the one developing any native YouTube apps for mobile platforms. I've asked Google and Microsoft whether this is the same API the pair will use to jointly develop the new app. This is Google's public API for mobile app vendors wanting to build YouTube mobile applications. It needed to create a fully-functional YouTube app for Windows Phone. Microsoft has been complaining that Google has been withholding access to application programming interfaces (APIs) in late May, Microsoft and Google said they were working together on a new YouTube app for Windows Phone that would comply with youTube's terms of service, including enabling ads. Google sent Microsoft a cease-and desist Microsoft subsequently updated its app, ceasing video downloads but still not serving ads. The problem: The app violated Google's terms of service by not serving ads and allowing video downloads. In early May, Microsoft fielded a YouTube application that it built itself for Windows Phone 8. The new app will be available in the Windows Phone Store in the "coming weeks," according to a Google spokesperson. That would meet Google's terms of service. Google and Microsoft jointly announced on May 24 that they were going to build together a version of a native YouTube application for Windows Phone 8

Here's the Microsoft-provided list of key features:

The new app includes the ability to upload videos from your phone, live streaming of YouTube live streams, voice search and voice activation from the Home screen. "We appreciate Google’s support in ensuring that Windows Phones customers have a quality YouTube experience and look forward to continuing the collaboration." "We’ve released an updated YouTube app for Windows Phone that provides the great experience our consumers expect while addressing the concerns Google expressed in May, including the addition of ads," said a Microsoft spokesperson via an official statement sent via email late on August 13. On August 13, after three months of limbo, a new officially sanctioned YouTube app is in the Windows Phone store.
