YouTube, ‘s werelds grootste videoplatform, is begonnen met het testen van een functie die zijn gebruikers in zijn mobiele applicatie zal verrassen. New feature while navigating the application For those who can’t choose what they want to see It will come in handy.

This innovation, first spotted by Android Police, is a random play button. When users press this button You will be redirected to a random video.

The button is said to lead to both short and long videos.

Looking at the screenshots we see that YouTube says: “Can’t decide what to watch? Move something.” We see that some users post the notification in their applications. Also next to this message a black video playback icon was also added. Users can watch any video by pressing these buttons while browsing YouTube. You can see how the feature works from the shared GIF.

Android Police

Android Police initially stated that the button would only redirect to Shorts videos. But information from The Verge revealed that this feature will allow you to watch long videos in addition to Shorts. There is no information about how YouTube selects random videos. So by looking at your history, we can’t know if you’re showing relevant videos or a completely random video. However, we can say that the former is more likely.

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It was also revealed that YouTube has been testing this feature for quite some time. According to information received, in May a Reddit user came across the button in his application. When we checked, we couldn’t see it. your position when it will arrive and who is currently being tested for it. not clear yet.

Het is mogelijk om te zeggen dat het willekeurig afspelen van video’s erg handig zal zijn voor degenen die niets kunnen vinden om naar te kijken. We’ve seen a similar move from Netflix. In 2021, the platform introduced the ‘Play Something’ button, which allows you to watch random movies and TV series.