Youtube continues to offer new experimental features to Premium users. The company recently announced that Youtube Premium subscribers can test multiple experimental features at the same time. Now, among these features, the option to accelerate the videos up to four times the normal speed. According to information shared by Android Police, this new playing speed option can be very useful for users who want to quickly consume certain content or skip unnecessary sections.
The experimental features offered by Youtube Premium are available limited to certain platforms and times. Here are some features that can be tested right now:
- 4x playback speed: Currently, it can only be used on iOS and Android devices and can be tested until 26 February.
- Shorts Smart Downloads: This feature, which is offered only for iOS users, can be used until 19 February.
- Picture (Pip) mode for Shorts: This feature for iOS users will be valid until 19 February.
- 256KBPS High Quality Sound: This experimental feature for iOS and Android devices will be active until February 22nd.
- “Skip forward” feature for the web: This feature, which is offered for users entering YouTube from web browsers, can be tested until February 5th.
Especially “4x playing” and “Skip forward” features are among the useful innovations for Youtube Premium subscribers. Premium subscribers have the advantage of consuming content without watching ads, while these new features will be able to pass unnecessary sections in the videos quickly. The “Skip forward” feature allows users to access the content that attracts more faster. This feature allows you to switch directly to the important points determined by Youtube, rather than skipping certain parts of the video.
Youtube’s new presented Picture in Picture for Shorts ”mode makes it possible to browse short videos while watching short videos. This stands out as a very useful development, especially for users who love to do multiple tasks. In addition, high quality sound support offers an important advantage for users who listen to music and podcast. With 256KBPS sound quality, a cleaner and detailed sound experience is provided.
Will collect feedback from Youtube Premium users
The company aims to collect user feedback by offering these experimental features for a limited period. Youtube will decide which features to be permanent in line with the data obtained during this test process. For this reason, Premium subscribers can contribute to the development process of Youtube by providing feedback by using the best ways of tested features.