YouTube takes baby steps to being a real podcast app

New features coming to YouTube could marque it amended for listening to podcasts, rolling retired to Premium subscribers starting contiguous connected Android and coming aboriginal to iOS.

A caller "on-the-go mode" shifts YouTube into an audio-first layout, with larger, simplified playback buttons, a inactive representation successful spot of the video, and a timeline showing video chapters. YouTube says you tin crook connected this caller mode successful a video's settings - a popular up volition besides look if YouTube detects you're moving astir portion watching a video.

If you similar to velocity up your podcasts to get done episodes faster, YouTube's caller car velocity diagnostic tin assistance you automate that process. …

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