San Francisco: Google-owned YouTube has introduced that it’s testing a brand new characteristic that permits customers to simply watch movies at 2x pace.
“Lengthy press wherever on the participant whereas watching a video to robotically bump the playback pace to 2x,” the corporate stated on its experiments web page.
Though the characteristic is in testing, Premium members can entry this characteristic till August 13.
This characteristic might be useful as at present, customers need to comply with a number of steps to maneuver up the playback pace on the platform which is likely to be irritating for some folks. The corporate additionally talked about one other characteristic it’s testing that gives greater previews to customers whereas looking for.
“We have enlarged the preview thumbnail that you just see when shifting ahead or again in a video.”
This characteristic might be useful as it can make it simpler for customers to seek out the precise second within the video that they wish to watch.
Premium members can entry this performance till August 13.
Earlier, the corporate had introduced that it was testing a brand new lock display characteristic, which can enable customers to disable contact enter whereas watching a video.
It’ll assist forestall unintended faucets inflicting pause, skip or disruption of the video.
When initially introduced, this lock display characteristic was accessible to Premium customers till July 30, nevertheless now, the corporate has prolonged it to August 5.
Final month, the video-sharing platform had stated that it was testing a three-strikes coverage for folks utilizing advert blockers.
“We’re operating a small experiment globally that urges viewers with advert blockers enabled to permit advertisements on YouTube or attempt YouTube Premium. Advert blocker detection is just not new, and different publishers commonly ask viewers to disable advert blockers,” a YouTube spokesperson had stated.
The corporate additionally supplied particulars on how the coverage works, whereas noting that “advert blockers violate YouTube’s Phrases of Service”.
