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YouTube is testing a mystery button that starts playing random videos (www.androidpolice.com)
submitted 1 year ago by Salamendacious to c/technology
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  • YouTube is testing a new video button on its app, allowing users to easily access random Shorts content based on their suggestions.
  • Additional features of this play button are currently unknown, but it is likely to pull content based on watch history, subscribed creators, and video likes.
  • The feature is being tested with a limited number of people and does not appear to be part of an official YouTube experiment.
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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I really wish YouTube would quit trying to make shorts happen.

[–] Salamendacious 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I like them. I watch a lot of long videos (30 - 90 minutes) so it's nice to just watch really short stuff from time to time.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I don't mind videos that are exactly as long as they need to be, they can be 1 minute or 1 hour or whatever. But personally I don't need skinny portrait mode and no seeking.

[–] Salamendacious 3 points 1 year ago

Everyone's different. I've watched videos on shorts that I would never click to watch and I really enjoyed them.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Seeking is avaliable on the mobile app. You can also do this trick on desktop Firefox where you click the picture-in-picture button and press back or forward to jump 5 seconds.