YouTube Reveals 36 Exciting New Features

YouTube is launching a comprehensive set of features and design updates, aimed at improving the user experience for both viewers and content creators. These changes cover various aspects of YouTube’s functionality:

Audio Control

YouTube introduces “stable volume” on mobile devices, which adjusts the audio levels to avoid sudden changes, providing a smoother viewing experience.

Playback Speed

Users can easily switch to 2x playback speed by pressing and holding anywhere on the video player, offering more flexibility in video consumption.

Seeking

Larger preview thumbnails make it easier to navigate within videos. Users can also return to their previous position by moving their finger to the starting point and lifting it, simplifying navigation.

Screen Lock

Mobile and tablet users can now lock their screens to prevent accidental interruptions from screen taps.

“You Tab”

The Library and account pages have been combined into the “You Tab,” where users can access their watched videos, playlists, downloads, and purchases, as well as account settings and channel information.

Voice or Song Search

Users can search for songs by singing, humming, or playing a tune. This AI-driven feature matches the sound to the original recording.

Visual Enhancements

YouTube adds animations and visual cues for creators’ requests to “like” or “subscribe.” Top comments automatically rotate, and view and like counts update in real time for 24 hours after video uploads.

Smart TV Improvements

Enhanced navigation on Smart TVs provides quicker access to video details, descriptions, comments, subscribe buttons, and video chapters.

These updates aim to enhance user satisfaction, offer more interactive engagement for creators, and create a cleaner and modern design for various platforms. They are a response to feedback from the YouTube community, emphasizing YouTube’s commitment to continual improvement. These changes will be rolled out gradually to users worldwide over the coming weeks. Additionally, YouTube is planning to extend these modern design elements to other areas of the platform, such as the YouTube Kids app in the future.