YouTube Said to Be Testing New Vertical Scroll Gestures for Mobile App 6uv63 Leaving s Disgruntled

Swiping up on any YouTube video is tipped to send the to the next video. 355gc

Written by Siddharth Suvarna | Updated: 14 November 2024 15:49 IST

YouTube Said to Be Testing New Vertical Scroll Gestures for Mobile App, Leaving s Disgruntled

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The changes are said to work along same lines as the scroll gestures on YouTube Shorts

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YouTube is reported to be testing new vertical scroll gestures
Swiping up in fullscreen is tipped to send to the next video
The gestures are said to be in development and not yet live

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speculated to roll out the ability to control the playback speed of videos more intricately.

New Vertical Scroll Gestures on YouTube 2os4q

At present, swiping up on any video on YouTube's mobile app toggles the fullscreen mode, while swiping down brings it back to the default view. Additionally, it also allows s to see videos from the suggested, for you, or related tabs by swiping up when the fullscreen view is enabled. The functionality of these gestures are now tipped to be changed.

In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Tushar Mehta (@thetymonbay) highlighted new vertical swipe gestures that are currently being tested by YouTube. If the proposed changes come to fruition, swiping up on any video will automatically send the to the next video, instead of minimising to the default view. This is said to work along the same lines as the scroll gestures on YouTube Shorts.

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Furthermore, swiping up when the playback controls overlay is on the screen will bring up a scroll window, enabling the to scroll through the video frame-by-frame. However, this change is said to be in testing and has not been implemented on the current version of the YouTube mobile app.

Despite this change not being official, s on X appeared to not be fond of it. “this is so frustrating. Frustrating enough to drive me to twitter to see if I'm the only one who's annoyed”, commented one .

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