This would make sure users of Windows Phone would not be barred from watching YouTube videos from their devices, tech site Mashable reported.
"Microsoft and YouTube are working together to update the new YouTube for Windows Phone app to enable compliance with YouTube’s API terms of service, including enabling ads, in the coming weeks. Microsoft will replace the existing YouTube app in Windows Phone Store with the previous version during this time," Mashable quoted Microsoft as saying in a statement.
Earlier this month, Google - which owns YouTube - asked Microsoft to remove the YouTube app by May 22.
Microsoft complied and replaced the app with a previous version but it still did not support ads.
However, it pointed out it did not have the necessary technical tools that only Google has.
"Now it seems those requests got to the right people, and the two parties hashed things out," Mashable said.
A separate article on The Next Web said Microsoft and Google may come out with the app in the coming weeks.
"(I)t appears that Google has finally agreed to play ball, though it’s not clear what Microsoft had to offer to pull off a deal. Ultimately, it appears that every Windows Phone user who uses YouTube will benefit from a Google-approved app," it added. — TJD, GMA News
source: gmanetwork.com
