The photo and video platform launched a new feature few users.
One of the claims that YouTube users have been holding is that the platform allows zoom in a way similar to that which exists in other options on the market, such as Instagram. This week, it was announced that this alternative will be opened for those who have contracted the version Premium.
At the moment, it appears as a experimental function that the company is testing. And although it is true that it will not be a revolution when it is implemented to the general public, it can be useful occasionally to better see a part of the video.
And although it has begun to be deployed among Premium users to verify that it works as expected, so initially the idea is that this option will not take long everyone can use it.
The idea is to allow zooming in on different parts of the video being played. And although to the effect get by pinching the screen is much more ambitious than it seems.
Since, as it happens on Instagram, it is a real enlargement of specific parts and where there are different steps so that the increase can be controlled by the user.
The viewer can zoom both in portrait view, with the video player at the top of the panel, and in full-screen playback, in landscape mode.
According to the company, the zoom feature will remain in testing until September 1, giving YouTube about a month to collect user feedback and refine things before implementing it more widely.
As The Verge advances, in order to enable this feature, the user must open the YouTube Settings menu, either in the application or in the web version of this Google service. Once activated, you can zoom up to 8 levels.
In Argentina, YouTube Premium has a cost of 119 pesos (plus taxes, because when paying with the card it is taken as an expense in dollars) for the individual version, and 179 pesos plus taxes for the family plan of up to six members.
YouTube: how to activate the “picture in picture” mode
Last month, YouTube finally delivered picture-in-picture mode for iPhone and iPad after first testing it among premium customers; that enormously useful feature has been available for a long time on Android.
After the presentation of iOS 14, Apple officially introduced its picture-in-picture mode, colloquially known as Picture in Picture (PiP), which allows you to continue enjoying a video while browsing the phone or using other applications.
In the Android version, PiP is reserved for YouTube Premium users, unless you live in the United States where it is available for free, but with some exceptions, such as music videos.
Google acknowledged that this feature was in test mode longer than expected, as it took some time for the feature to roll out to everyone. “We recognize that this has been a slow release for a highly requested feature,” he slipped in a statement.