YouTube is reportedly testing a brand new slide-to-seek characteristic for forwarding and rewinding movies extra simply on its Android and iOS apps. Users will be capable of use a “drag-and-hold” gesture to skip to their favorite components in a video. Earlier, customers might both skip 10 seconds of a video with every faucet on the left or proper half of the video participant or use the progress bar. The new characteristic appears to be below testing and may very well be part of a server-wide replace or reaching customers on an account-to-account foundation.

The new playback controls for YouTube have been spotted by a Reddit consumer (@u/FragmentedChicken) as per a report by Android Police. As per his expertise, the slide-to-seek characteristic is obtainable for customers on the most recent YouTube beta v16.31.34 app on Android. Some customers commented that they have been in a position to see the characteristic on their iOS units as effectively. This appears that the characteristic may very well be reaching customers on an account-to-account foundation.

YouTube’s new slide-to-seek characteristic reveals a ‘Slide left or proper to hunt’ message
Photo Credit: Reddit/ FragmentedChicken

As per the Reddit put up, customers will see a ‘Slide left or proper to hunt’ banner on the high of the display screen whereas utilizing the drag and maintain gesture. This characteristic is activated by tapping-and-holding wherever on the video display screen and sliding left or proper to rewind or skip, respectively. Alongside, YouTube can even present a small thumbnail of the contents being skipped, which ought to make skipping to the specified portion of the content material a lot simpler.

The traditional methodology to rewind or skip bits in a YouTube video works barely in a different way. Users can use the slide-to-seek characteristic by first summoning the progress bar by tapping on the display screen. Once that’s up and visual, customers can drag the pink dot to its desired place. The video streaming service from Google additionally permits customers to skip content material in 10-second increments by tapping on the left or proper half of the video participant.

The new gestures are extra intuitive and will make controlling video playback on YouTube a lot simpler.