YouTube is testing a messenger so you never have to leave the app to share a video

12 May, 2016
It is ridiculous the amount of users that watch YouTube on a daily basis. And YouTube plans to leverage even more users with a new messaging service that will reassure viewers that they’ll never need to leave the app just to share a video.

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  • AnonD-463876
  • Q}4
  • 24 May 2016

Do we have to socialize everything?

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    • AnonD-92769
    • 0Uj
    • 14 May 2016

    The best feature youtube can have is to play contents in background! For me it's enough!😅

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      • Cosmo
      • nw}
      • 13 May 2016

      My devices must be different from everybody else's because I have been able to share YouTube videos and add comments along with the link from the first time I used it, from the heading of this article it's like it has never been available unless I have read it incorrectly. o_0
      It doesn't make any sense to change it if it already works unless it's just more permissions in the YouTube app for Google to scrape another tiny little morsel information about you and all your contacts " for advertising " it reminds me of something else " B'n'L ".
      Don't get me wrong Google is excellent and they have changed our lives for the better, but I can't see how this change will make any difference to the way we share videos, you will probably still have to choose a method of sharing like you do already.

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        • AnonD-507785
        • dQb
        • 13 May 2016

        ethereal, 13 May 2016The thing is almost every resolution on earth is supported ... moreIn that case it's probably Apple's own software preventing you from doing so. Weird really, to have this kind of issue in 2016.

          AnonD-507785, 13 May 2016They probably will, once Apple push the resolution on their... moreThe thing is almost every resolution on earth is supported on iOS but over a WIFI network, not on cellular. So again, why is that so? Clearly, its not about iPhone hardware.

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            • AnonD-507785
            • dQb
            • 13 May 2016

            Not sure if YT needs that. Messenger? Perhaps. Another social network? Hell no! Too many of them out there already. But that's just me.

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              • AnonD-507785
              • dQb
              • 13 May 2016

              ethereal, 13 May 2016How about enabling iOS users to select playback resolution ... moreThey probably will, once Apple push the resolution on their phones to FHD and further (because as for now, they go a small bit higher than 720p). Also that may be another problem, Apple's custom resolution. It's not the standard resolutions we are used to (750x1334, what's that?). But this is another problem for Apple, higher resolution means more RAM is needed, better battery etc. Besides, you know YT is owned by Google, right? Direct rival to Apple. That may be the thing also..."Wanna watch HD and higher resolution movies on the phone? Come to the other side." XD Just a guess, but who knows?

                Rhino Freak, 13 May 2016You don't have that option? Dear god! Nope! No such option for iOS users. Not sure whether it's Google's fault or some *fake* limitations imposed by stupid Apple!

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                  • Rhino Freak
                  • 2@x
                  • 13 May 2016

                  ethereal, 13 May 2016How about enabling iOS users to select playback resolution ... moreYou don't have that option? Dear god!

                    Alien, 13 May 2016They shoud add the following: - play minimized on free ver... moreyou can minimize videos in background with OG youtube.

                      Alien, 13 May 2016They shoud add the following: - play minimized on free ver... moreTo add to that:

                      -- a 30 sec quick forward/rewind which is most needed.

                        How about enabling iOS users to select playback resolution on a cellular network first???

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                          • Yow
                          • UD{
                          • 13 May 2016

                          good move

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                            • Alien
                            • ndn
                            • 13 May 2016

                            They shoud add the following:
                            - play minimized on free version
                            - Swipe up/down for brightness and volume like vlc or mx player