YouTube Rolls Out Listening Controls Feature on Android, iOS For Premium Users

For YouTube Premium subscribers on Android and iOS, the ‘Listening Controls’ feature is allegedly being rolled out. The new feature allows users to have more control over their music while listening to it on the platform. You can use it to play, pause, fast forward, and rewind videos. When enabled, this new feature will replace everything that appears below the video and will stay even if you move to a different video. Users of the YT app can save new songs to a playlist by using the listening controls.

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YouTube Introduces Listening Controls Feature

According to 9to5Google, the YouTube Android and iOS users can now use the listening controls feature. According to the report, the feature is exclusively available to YouTube Premium subscribers. It is currently available to users in the United States. To use the new feature, go to the upper right corner of the YouTube video and click the three-dot icon. From the list of options at the bottom, choose ‘Listening Controls.’

The new Listening Controls widget will replace everything that appears at the bottom of YouTube videos within the Android and iOS apps. It has controls for playing and pausing videos, moving to the next one, and returning to the previous one. You can fast-forward or rewind 10 seconds of video, and you can even save it to a playlist. The Like button is also available on the Listening Controls widget. The listening controls are persistent, according to the report, and stay even when viewers go to a new video from the Home feed, search, etc.

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The listening controls option can be used by users who want to disable the ‘Up next’ and comments feeds from their YouTube for Android and iOS apps. However, for the time being, this feature is only available to premium subscribers. It is unclear whether or not it will be available to free users in the future.