We use the YouTube mobile application developed for Android and iOS to watch videos and listen to music. As the roof company, Google is constantly updating YouTube by adding new features. However, these updates do not satisfy users every time. In general, the number of criticisms increases when the way the usual functions work is changed.
For example, months ago, Google moved the video quality settings in the YouTube app. While there were numeric options such as 140P, 720P, now “Low quality, Data saving” such as superficial quality controls. The old system still exists, but is kept in the background. We have compiled the features that will increase your usage experience in YouTube’s mobile application.
Easy way to advance video on YouTube mobile app
While watching a video on YouTube for a long time, when you tap anywhere on the progress bar, the minute does not go there. To advance or rewind the video, you have to drag the bar with your finger left and right. This change in the Google statement, prevent annoying accidents He said he did it for
Most users are not happy with this situation. There are much more practical ways to advance or rewind the video in the YouTube mobile app.
a) Drag your finger on the screen
While watching any video hold the middle of the screen with your finger. You will immediately see the progress bar come into play. At this stage, you can jump to the desired minute of the video by swiping your finger left and right on the screen.
b) Activate the playback controls
Alternatively, you can make it easy to fast-forward and rewind the video with a small accessibility setting. Follow the steps below:
- Tap your profile photo in the upper right corner of the YouTube mobile app.
- Settings’Enter a.
- Accessibility open the section.
- From here “Accessibility player” Activate the option.
- Accessibility player to videos ‘switch to next-previous video’ and ‘Forward and rewind 10 seconds’ Adds buttons.
- In the “Hide player controls” section, you can set how many seconds you want the buttons to disappear from the screen. If you want, you can choose to stay on the screen all the time.
These two features we have listed are available to all users in the YouTube mobile app. You don’t have to be a Premium subscriber.
Requires Premium: Try new features early
Google allows you to try out the features it plans to add to the YouTube mobile app early on. But for this process, it is necessary to be a Premium subscriber. For example, at the moment no one notices ‘translating comments in different languages’is just one of the features available to paid members.
- Tap your profile photo in the upper right corner of the home page.
- Settings’Enter a.
- “Try new features” Click .
Download video from browser, Window-in-Window (PiP) on iOS currently available under YouTube Premium. Of course, these features will be made available to the general public when the testing phase is completed. Some will remain Premium for life.
below the feature you want. “Try” Press the button. You can use this feature on all devices with an active YouTube Premium membership and an active Google account. However, there is a certain period of participation and after the specified deadline, unfortunately, you can no longer participate in the testing process.
Change your location without using VPN
You may want to look at the YouTube trends of a different country and what types of videos are shared in general. One easy way to do this is to take advantage of virtual private networks (VPNs) that change your IP address. However, thanks to the location change feature in the YouTube mobile app, you do not need to use a VPN.
- Open the Settings section.
- General’Enter e.
- at the bottom of the page “Location” Click .
When you change location, the videos of the country you selected are displayed in the YouTube Trends section. In addition, the videos recommended on the home page are made up of videos from that country. In this way, you can access the YouTube archive wherever you want. without using a VPN you can access.
What about YouTube features that you say ‘you should know’? Do not forget to mention them in the comments.