When watching YouTube videos, you are likely to skip forward to certain parts of the video you’re watching for whatever reason. It’s natural to want to jump to certain spots in videos, so the company is looking to make this process easier. YouTube just announced a new Jump Ahead feature that will make it easier to jump to important parts of videos.
Currently, YouTube launched this test to a small subset of users. Since it is an experimental feature, it’s only accessible to people who are on YouTube Premium. If you have a Premium membership, and you want to try these features out, you can use one of two methods. Firstly, you can go to the official YouTube experiments page on your desktop. Those of you using the mobile app should open the app, tap on your profile picture, go to the settings, and scroll down to the Try Experimental Features section. There, you’ll see the ability to enable that and other experimental features.
These experimental features are only available for a limited time, so if you want to try them out, you better act fast.
YouTube is working on a Jump Ahead feature
This feature may not be available to all YouTube premium users, as the company is testing it on a small subset of users. Basically, if you double-tap to skip ahead in a video, YouTube will prompt you to skip to a certain section in the video. This section will be suggested based on user data. If there’s a section in the video that numerous people gravitate to, YouTube will suggest that as a spot to jump to.
Say, you’re watching a compilation of satisfying video clips, and the most satisfying clip is what was featured in the thumbnail. Well, naturally, most people will gravitate to that section in the video. If it turns out to be true, YouTube will suggest that point in the video when you are jumping ahead.
Right now, YouTube is testing this feature on a limited selection of videos. So, chances are that you will not see this feature in action anytime soon. However, here’s hoping.
