YouTube’s formally added picture-in-picture viewing for Shorts, offering one other option to eat Shorts content material, whereas it’s additionally testing a brand new option to point out different customers in feedback, in addition to Shorts downloads for Premium members.
First off, on Shorts PiP. Now, YouTube Premium subscribers can decrease the Shorts viewing window, in order that they’ll undertake different duties on their machine whereas additionally watching Shorts clips.
As per YouTube:
“Get able to multitask like a professional with our new picture-in-picture characteristic for YouTube Shorts! On Android gadgets, you possibly can watch your favourite Shorts whereas shopping different apps or checking messages. It is excellent for staying entertained with out lacking a beat. Dive into countless enjoyable with YouTube Shorts, now extra versatile than ever!”
YouTube’s been engaged on the choice for a while, and with Shorts consumption rising within the app, it is sensible for YouTube so as to add different viewing choices.
I imply, it appears distracting, however that’s a private concern, I assume.
YouTube’s additionally introduced the official launch of its @point out check, which permits customers to say different channels of their YouTube feedback.
YouTube first introduced the check earlier this month, however now it’s going into the stay atmosphere.
“If you happen to’re within the experiment group, typing the “@” image on an Android or iOS machine adopted by letters or characters of a channel identify / deal with in a remark will set off a beneficial checklist of channels to select from. From there, choose the channel you wish to point out > depart your remark > and the deal with will seem because the clickable linked point out!”
YouTube says that solely a small group of creators can put up feedback that embody mentions at this stage, however all viewers and creators can have interaction with these feedback.
YouTube’s additionally rolling out Shorts downloads for Premium subscribers, so you possibly can obtain Shorts to your machine, whereas it’s additionally increasing its check of its conversational AI bot to extra Premium customers.
Most of those are Premium solely options, so if you wish to attempt them out, you’ll have to sign-up. And none, I might say, are “game-changing” options as such, however they supply further perception into how YouTube’s trying to improve the viewing expertise, and the options which might be doubtless coming to all customers at some stage.
