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YouTube follows TikTok's lead and integrates a new feature into its channels

Posted: Mon Jan 06, 2025 4:22 am
by samiaseo75
It is not the first social network that wants to approach TikTok . Joining other platforms that have already done so before, YouTube has announced that it will expand its functions. In this case, the new feature that will be included will allow you to know when a channel is broadcasting live.

This was announced on Twitter by Neal Mohan, YouTube's head of product , who explained that they are trying to offer users an easy way to access the streams . In this way, around the icon of each new zealand phone number data YouTube channel, a "ring" will appear that allows users to recognize those that are broadcasting live. The goal is for users to be able to quickly identify whether a channel is broadcasting live or not.

The same thing already happens on other social networks, such as Instagram or TikTok . But, in the case of YouTube, it seems that colors are going to be fundamental. In principle, there will be several colors for this “ring” that will provide different information about the video and the channel in question.

Other news
This is not the only new feature that YouTube is bringing this year. Neal Mohan announced a few days ago the changes that would come to the platform throughout 2022. One of them referred to Shorts , short videos, which have become one of the most relevant features of YouTube, since it has accumulated 5 billion views since its launch in 2021.

In this regard, Mohan explained that YouTube will offer new forms of monetization to creators, such as the possibility of partnerships between brands and YouTubers in these sponsored short videos, which can be labeled as Branded Connect ( branded content ).