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YouTube Shorts are getting even shorter with an update that lets you double the playback speed
Key takeaways
- You Tube is rolling out a series of changes to Shorts, including a new method that lets users shrink the duration of short form videos.
- The Google-owned platform announced Thursday that Shorts now comes with a setting that allows users to double their playback speed.
- In an apparent bid for a more positive web, You Tube has also nixed the Shorts dislike button.
You Tube is rolling out a series of changes to Shorts, including a new method that lets users shrink the duration of short form videos.
The Google-owned platform announced Thursday that Shorts now comes with a setting that allows users to double their playback speed. The point of making what is an already brief experience even briefer is to let users absorb information more quickly or find your favorite part faster, the platform said.
In an apparent bid for a more positive web, You Tube has also nixed the Shorts dislike button. Instead of disliking a video, users will now have to rely on the “Not Interested” and “Don’t recommend this channel” functions to disincentivize certain kinds of content.
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