YouTube usually experiments with new options on its premium model, and its newest check entails a sleep timer that pauses movies after a set time frame. It isn’t an earth-shattering characteristic, however it’s nonetheless useful for many who like to go to sleep with lengthy podcasts or white noise enjoying within the background.
Youtube Premium customers can allow this timer from this web page on their desktop, or throughSettings > Attempt experimental new options” choice on cellular gadgets.
The “Sleep Timer” choice will then seem within the video participant’s “Settings” menu. You possibly can set a timer to pause the video after 10 minutes, quarter-hour, 20 minutes, half-hour, 45 minutes, 60 minutes, or till the video ends.
After YouTube pauses playback, you will see a pop-up asking you to increase the timer if you want.
YouTube is barely behind its opponents in including this characteristic. Spotify has had sleep timers for some time, and TikTok final yr started testing a sleep enhance characteristic primarily based on preset bedtimes.
YouTube’s experimental options web page says the sleep timer characteristic will final till September 2, however the hope is that the streaming platform will make it everlasting and develop it to free customers.
YouTube’s earlier experiments embrace a synthetic intelligence assistant that may reply questions on movies and a lock display characteristic to keep away from unintended clicks.
