If you are one of those who watch videos or listen to podcasts on YouTube before sleepingYou are not alone. Many users usually use this platform to relax when they go to bed, to watch a long video, a documentary, a concert, or even to listen to ASMR videos.

But ideally, we don’t want the playback to stay active all night as the platform will jump from one video to another. YouTube has now added a new timer to stop the video playback after the time we choose has passed.

The new timer is now available, but only for a limited time for now

This is an experimental feature, at least for now, meaning it will only be available for a limited time while testing, but we hope to see this feature roll out to all users of the platform in the future. However, If you are a YouTube Premium user, you can now try itTo do this, simply access this link and enable this experimental YouTube function.

Timer Available on both mobile and desktop versions of YouTube. Its operation is simple but effective: After activating the timer, the video playback will stop when the set time is up, so we can continue to sleep or do anything without playing more videos.

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To access the timer on mobile devices we must press the gear-shaped button while playing a video on YouTube and then select it. Additional settingsIn this menu we will see the timer option.

On the desktop version of YouTube, the process is even easier: we just press the gear-shaped button to open the playback options menu and Click on sleep timerNext, we must choose the time we want to pass before the video stops playing: 10 minutes, 15 minutes, 20 minutes, 30 minutes, 45 minutes, 60 minutes or until the end of the video.

If, like me, you usually put a video in the background or even turn off the screen to enjoy the audio in videos that focus on ambient sounds like rain or waves on the beach when you go to sleep, this feature is perfect for: playback stops on its own. For now, Sleep Timer will only be available to YouTube Premium users until September 2, but we hope to see the feature rolled out to all users in the future.

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