5 YouTube news you should know about on Android and iPhone
Table of contents:
- Videos divided into chapters
- More Accessible Features
- Full screen gesture
- Respond to new suggestions for actions
- Disconnection reminders
If you go through the Google Play Store or the App Store you will find, in the next few days, a new version of the YouTube application waiting to be downloaded. An update loaded with new features to make controlling playback, searching for videos or simply stopping using YouTube easier and more comfortable. Here we tell you these 5 new features so that you are an expert when it comes to searching and watching our videos, or whatever you want.
Videos divided into chapters
The chapters in the videos is a function already available in the web version for a couple of months, and they help to quickly find the specific content you are looking for. It is especially useful in video tutorials, programs with sections, and other content that divides its parts well. It depends on the author, who has to specify these segments. But if you do it in the video description, mobile users can also start jumping between chapters just like on the web.
But not only that. If you tap on the thumbnail chapter name when you're on it in the playback line, the mobile app will now open the full chapter list in portrait viewSo you can see a thumbnail or screenshot of the content of that section, as well as the name, and quickly jump to that section.
More Accessible Features
If you're someone who watches videos in other languages and is always turning the sub titles on and off, now you'll find the least hidden feature. More in sight. Just press the three buttons in the upper right corner and turn comments on or off in the corresponding button.
Something similar occurs with the button for autoplay of lists and contents. Whereas in previous versions this option was found by swiping down the video screen, YouTube now has a shortcut right at the top of the screen.
Other options and player buttons have also been improved and should work faster. All this with a more simplified and accessible experience.
Full screen gesture
Until now, going full screen meant keeping the terminal's rotation sensor active and flipping it. However, it can be uncomfortable if you don't have this feature active or if you watch YouTube lying on the bed or sofa, where the sensor may have trouble recognizing your current position. Well, now there is a gesture to pass a video from vertical or small format to full screen. You just have to swipe up And the same if you want to go from full screen to small view, in this case sliding down.
Along with this, a new gesture has also been added to the time bar. You just have to click on the time stamp to switch from seeing the time that the video has advanced to the format of remaining time.
Respond to new suggestions for actions
Browsing the new version of YouTube it is very likely that you will find new banners and pop-up messages here and there when you perform some actions or play some specific content. For example virtual reality videos. In this case, a message will appear telling you to rotate the mobile to see the experience in 360 degrees. Suggestions that, according to YouTube, will be introduced and expanded in the coming months with more actions to be aware of how to handle every detail of YouTube.
Disconnection reminders
Along with other digital wellbeing tools, Google has also introduced disconnection reminders on YouTube. A programmable reminder that will tell you that you have reached bedtime so you can cut off the playback and rest.
