Google-owned YouTube is experimenting with many new features. The company has started testing them with its premium subscribers. This means that at present YouTube Premium users can take advantage of these features without paying any money. These features are being tested to improve the experience of listening to audio and watching videos. Let's know about them in detail.
YouTube is testing these features.
High-quality audio - YouTube is testing high-quality audio features to improve audio. In this, users are being offered 256kbps audio on music videos. This makes the audio heard with clarity and depth.
AI-generated radio stations - The company is also testing AI-generated radio stations in YouTube Music. In this, users will have to tell their choice. After this, YouTube's AI model will prepare a tracklist on that basis.
Jump Ahead on the Web - This feature is already available on mobile. Now it is being brought to the web for premium users as well. In this, users will be able to reach the best parts of the video directly while browsing on the desktop. Apart from this, more playback speed options are being added to the platform. Now users will be able to watch videos at 4x speed as well.
Picture in Picture and Smart Download for Shorts on iOS - Now it will be easier to watch Shorts while multitasking. The company is testing Picture in Picture mode for Shorts for premium users on iOS. Similarly, downloading Shorts for offline viewing is also going to be easy.
Will these features come for all users?
Currently, YouTube is testing these with its premium users. After the test, the company may or may not move forward with them. So far, no information has been received as to when the company is planning to roll these out to all its users.
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