YouTube is getting a brand new quick ahead and rewind characteristic that lets customers skip chapters whereas enjoying a video. Users would wish to double-tap with two fingers to alter to the earlier or the subsequent chapter. It is value noting that this characteristic will solely work if the content material writer has outlined the chapters within the video’s description. Earlier this week, YouTube has reportedly acquired a slide-to-seek characteristic that lets customers scrub by a video in a a lot simpler method than earlier than.

The new two-finger double-tap characteristic for YouTube was first discovered by a Reddit consumer (@u/magnatronmusic31), as per a report by Android Police. The consumer commented, “one new addition is double-tapping with two fingers to skip video chapters.” Gadgets 360 was independently in a position to confirm the brand new characteristic for the video streaming app. The new video chapter skipping characteristic was seen to us on each Android and iOS apps.

When customers double-tap on the proper facet of the video participant, it skips to the subsequent chapter. Users must double-tap on the left facet of the video participant to rewind to the earlier chapter. For this to work, the video writer would wish to have outlined the chapters within the video description.

The new gesture appears a part of a server-wide replace or could possibly be reaching customers on an account-to-account foundation, very like the brand new slide to hunt gesture. The new slide-to-seek gesture was found by a Redditor (@u/FragmentedChicken). To use the brand new characteristic, customers would first have to faucet and maintain wherever on the video display screen and slide left or proper utilizing the identical finger to rewind or skip, respectively. While this characteristic is getting used, YouTube will present a small thumbnail of the content material being skipped, making reaching the specified portion of the content material simpler.