YouTube appears to be experimenting with a mystery button on its Android app, providing quick access to suggested videos
  • YouTube is testing a new video button on its app, allowing users to easily access random Shorts content based on their suggestions.
  • Additional features of this play button are currently unknown, but it is likely to pull content based on watch history, subscribed creators, and video likes.
  • The feature is being tested with a limited number of people and does not appear to be part of an official YouTube experiment.
    • Salamendacious@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      31·
      1 year ago

      I like them. I watch a lot of long videos (30 - 90 minutes) so it’s nice to just watch really short stuff from time to time.

      • dan1101@lemm.eeEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        I don’t mind videos that are exactly as long as they need to be, they can be 1 minute or 1 hour or whatever. But personally I don’t need skinny portrait mode and no seeking.

        • Salamendacious@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
          41·
          1 year ago

          Everyone’s different. I’ve watched videos on shorts that I would never click to watch and I really enjoyed them.

        • Octopus@thelemmy.clubEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          Seeking is avaliable on the mobile app. You can also do this trick on desktop Firefox where you click the picture-in-picture button and press back or forward to jump 5 seconds.