YouTube now allows you to share videos and chat with friends from your app
The video platform of YouTube is about to changeIt's too early to tell if this is a good change or a bad one. But integrating a messaging service and a direct way to share your own videos between users, it can be quite a step forward. Will it thus become a true autonomous social network? At the moment it is too soon to tell, since the new tools are being tested little by little, starting their journey from Canada
The idea is simple: introduce a messaging service on YouTube Something that is not really new and surprising. And it is that the video platform has been doing tests for several months, and they have finally decided. Taking the first step in Canada is no accident. In that country, for some reason, share 15% more videos than in other places. Therefore, it is the ideal ground to publicize and try out first hand this feature. For Youtube, the old process of copying the link and pasting it into WhatsApp, or any other messaging application, it is tedious. Another option was to use the built-in video sharing system from the arrow icon. Now things are even easier. At least in theory.
The first thing to do is add to the contacts with whom content is shared on this renewed platform.Friends and relatives who will have their accounts and who will also be linked to YouTube After that, all you have to do is share any of the videos on the platform The difference is that it is enough to choose the contact to create a new section. A conversation proper. This sends a notification to the recipient so they can watch the video and, if they wish, comment on their impressions.
And, when we talk about a chat, we are referring to a section in which you can not only share aYouTube video, but to a place where exchange messages As if from a conversation WhatsApp whatever, in this new section it is possible to write and receive notifications with each new text sent And not Just that, it also allows you to create group conversations in which you can bring together several contacts.A whole social section to maintain direct contact, although presumably focused on exchanging impressions of the shared videos.
Now, as we say, the function has kicked off in Canada But it is open to other countries. The only problem is that, for now, it works as an invite-only beta. Thus, without any acquaintance in that country to invite us to try it, it will be difficult for it to reach Spain It is only a matter of time before a contact brings the function closer to our country . For now we have to settle for seeing how it works through the video they have created on YouTube for the occasion. And you will you leave WhatsApp and Telegram aside to comment and share videos with your friends directly on YouTube?
