Connect with us

Hi, what are you looking for?

Tech News

YouTube is getting more granular playback speed controls and a sleep timer

YouTube logo image in red over a geometric red, black, and cream background
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge

YouTube is getting a bunch of small but handy new features, like the ability to more finely tune your playback speed, new tools to collaborate on playlists, a sleep timer, and more.

For me, a person who has written multiple times about video playback speeds, YouTube’s new speed controls are definitely the highlight. With the updated controls, you can select playback speeds in .05 increments instead of .25 increments, giving you a lot more options for exactly how fast or slow you want to watch a video. Playback speed is still capped at 2x — maybe someday it’ll get bumped up higher than that.

The upgrades to playlists sound useful, too. You’ll be able to build collaborative playlists by sharing a link (or, in a feature “coming soon” to…

Continue reading…

You May Also Like

Editor's Pick

Chris Edwards The federal “tax gap” is the amount of taxes owed but not paid on time, which is loosely viewed as the amount...

Editor's Pick

Walter Olson This November voters in Nevada, Colorado, and Idaho will consider whether to adopt versions of the “Alaska model,” discussed in this space...

Editor's Pick

Colleen Hroncich Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota is the poorest area in the nation, says Mary Jo Fairhead, a former public school teacher...

Editor's Pick

Colin Grabow Last week, the Philly Shipyard announced the ceremonial start of construction on three Aloha class containerships. While typically a celebratory occasion, the...