New feature aims to make using the platform simpler and easier!
We are using our cell phones more and more to perform various tasks. In addition to using them for work, which is very common, we also use them for leisure, whether it is to use social media, listen to music, watch movies and series, or watch videos on YouTube, which is the most popular video platform in the world and has more than 2 billion active users per month. Brazil is the third country with the most YouTube users in the world this year.
Due to its great popularity and high number of users, the platform has, over the years, made several changes and brought updates, which aim to make the user experience much better. Therefore, the platform has recently been working on a new feature that promises to make life easier for those who watch videos on their cell phones.
If you are one of those people, you will like to know this news!
YouTube
The video platform YouTube was launched in 2010 and is currently present in more than 100 countries. In the world, it is the second most visited website, behind only from Google. In Brazil, it is one of the most used networks, as it has a huge variety of free content. Due to its popularity in the country, several content creators on the platform have become famous and have millions of followers on their channels on the platform, which is the case of Felipe Neto, Canal Você Sabia and Whindersson Nunes, who have more than 40 million subscribers each.
According to data from the online platform Cuponation, in the first month of this year alone, around 142 million Brazilians watched online content on the platform, making it the only country in Latin America to be in the ranking, behind only the United States (254 million people) and India (467 million people).
THE YouTube platform There are two versions: Free and Premium. In the free version, the content is released 100% free of charge, but can only be watched online and with ads at the beginning and during the video.
The Premium version costs R$1,400,000 per month in Brazil and can be used for free during the first month of subscription. In this version, content can be watched offline and without ads during the video. In addition, YouTube's music streaming platform is also available to users without ads, with the possibility of downloading songs and listening to them in the background, where the music continues when the user exits the application. This function is not available to those who listen to music in the free version of the platform.
News
The platform is working on a new feature, which will allow users of the Premium version can speed up videos to 2x speed just by pressing on the screen.
To change the speed currently, you need to tap on the video, open the settings menu and choose the desired speed. With the change, the process will be much faster and easier for users.
The new feature will remain in the testing phase until the 13th of next month and should be released soon, if everything goes well. The platform is also testing a screen lock function, to prevent accidental touches from interrupting or advancing video playback.
