Hi everyone! We want to make it easy for you to find content that you’re most interested in watching, so today we’re launching a graph that you can use to watch the most replayed parts of a video. We also have some other handy features that we want to make sure you know about, so we’ll recap those here too. Try them out and let us know what you think in the comments below!

• Easily watch the most replayed parts of a video: while seeking, you’ll see a graph showing you the most frequently replayed parts of the video. If the graph is high, then that part of the video has been replayed often. You can use the graph to quickly find and watch those moments. Note: you may have tested this as part of an experiment, and now we’re excited to bring the feature to viewers on desktop and mobile today!

Most replayed parts of a video

• Get to a specific section with video chapters (including new auto-generated chapters), now on Smart TVs and gaming consoles: video chapters, which launched in May 2020, break up videos into sections, allowing you to jump forward to a specific section of a video, easily rewatch just that portion, and more. So far, video chapters have been added to 20 million videos, and we’re excited that they can now be auto-generated and viewed across more devices.
  
  ✨ Tips for Creators✨ If you’re a creator, consider adding chapters to your own videos, especially longer videos. Our experiment data from May 2020 shows that, for videos where creators added chapter information, displaying chapters in the player increases the average watchtime of these videos.
• Put an individual video on endless repeat with Single Loop: you can now use the single loop feature to keep one video playing for as long as you want! Learn more about looping videos in our Help Center.

Loop video

• Skip to the parts of videos that you’re most interested in watching: Soon we’ll be testing a new and easier way for you to seek to the exact moment in a video that you want to watch. If you’re a Premium member, keep an eye out for this on youtube.com/new. In the meantime, you can still long press anywhere on the player to start seeking, or double tap with 2 fingers to skip between video chapters -- getting right to the specific part of the video that you’re eager to watch!

Teaser: New experimental feature we’re testing soon on youtube.com/new

• Use new full screen mode features in the YouTube app: when you’re watching in full screen on the app, a new panel will display information about the video such as video description, video chapters, comments, etc. We’ve also added new quick action buttons, so you can like, dislike, comment, share, or add a video to a playlist -- directly from full screen mode!

Quick action buttons while in full screen

We hope these updates make it easier for you to discover and watch your favorite parts of a video and look forward to hearing what you think.

-Meaghan, TeamYouTube

Source: YouTube Video Player Updates: Most Replayed, Video Chapters, Single Loop & More - YouTube Community

Posted By: Brink
19 May 2022