YouTube testing extra exact video progress bar scrubbing

As a part of the common platform experiments for these with the Premium tier, YouTube is testing a function that permits for extra exact video progress bar scrubbing by using thumbnail previews.

You might be questioning how this differs from the present implementation, which reveals a small thumbnail once you faucet and drag alongside the present playback progress bar. This newest experiment signifies that when viewing a YouTube video, grabbing the crimson dot playback progress bar might be enhanced by swiping upwards to see time-specific video thumbnails. Dragging the playback “dot” signifies that actually exact video scrubbing ought to now be even simpler on YouTube.

• Whereas watching a video, discover the crimson dot on the progress bar and swipe as much as see the video thumbnails.

• On this mode, you may drag the crimson dot or swipe via the thumbnails to navigate to the exact second of the video that you simply need to watch.

• Faucet the play button to proceed watching the video.

After you’ve discovered the precise portion of a video that you simply’d like to observe, simply tapping the play button will proceed out of your chosen begin level. The thumbnail for that particular timecode can even flash to inform you simply what portion of a clip you’ve chosen. You may see a fundamental instance of simply how this function will work under:

As with virtually all YouTube experiments, it’s unclear if this extra exact video scrubbing choice will grow to be extra broadly accessible as soon as the check interval has ended. These with YouTube Premium can attempt the function out up till July 27, after that it’s a thriller.