YouTube is updating two of its areas at once: a test of AI voice presenters has started in YouTube Music, and new convenient tools have appeared for Premium subscribers — playback up to 4x faster, offline Shorts and «picture in picture», and more.
YouTube is updating two of its areas at once: a test of AI voice presenters has started in YouTube Music, and new convenient tools have appeared for Premium subscribers — playback up to 4x faster, offline Shorts and «picture in picture», and more.
Engadget writes about AI presenters in YouTube Music and YouTube Labs and the expansion of YouTube Premium capabilities .
Premium now has consistent speeds across devices, with the ability to switch from 1x to 4x in small increments, including in the browser, on iOS and Android. Shorts can be automatically saved for offline viewing and watched in a window on top of other apps. Jump Ahead, which lets you skip to the most interesting parts, is now available on smart TVs and game consoles.
For music videos and so-called Art Tracks, a «High Quality» option has appeared (this is 256 kbps audio). The option is available both in YouTube Music and in the main YouTube app on iOS and Android. The idea is simple: you don’t have to jump between apps to get better sound.
In parallel, YouTube opened YouTube Labs, which is a kind of platform for experiments with AI. The first test is AI hosts on YouTube Music: they briefly tell facts about artists, provide references and comments on playlists, so that the listener does not have to look for context separately. Currently, the set is limited and available to some Premium users in the US.
Premium is becoming more convenient precisely where people watch YouTube: on their phone, in the browser and on TV. In turn, AI hosts have become an attempt to make listening more «lively» and keep attention without breaking away from the music. If the pilot shows demand, YouTube may expand geography and add new interaction formats to Music.
Previously, dev.ua wrote about how YouTube announced that in the coming weeks, platform users around the world will gain access to automatic multilingual dubbing of videos.
