{"id":501438,"date":"2023-07-25T18:54:51","date_gmt":"2023-07-25T16:54:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=501438"},"modified":"2023-07-25T18:57:52","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T16:57:52","slug":"youtube-tests-letting-users-turn-comments-into-shorts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/it-services\/501438-youtube-tests-letting-users-turn-comments-into-shorts.html","title":{"rendered":"YouTube tests letting users turn comments into Shorts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Google has announced<\/a><\/strong> that it is testing a YouTube feature that lets Shorts viewers turn comments into a short-form video.<\/p>\n

The tech giant is currently running the experiment with a small percentage of YouTube users on Android and iOS around the globe.<\/p>\n

“We’re running an experiment that enables mobile viewers to create Shorts featuring comments posted on videos they’re watching,” it said.<\/p>\n

Creators can already reply to comments on their videos with Shorts, but Google says it wants to offer the same ability to viewers.<\/p>\n

Shorts created from comments will appear in the Shorts feed and on the poster’s channel page.<\/p>\n

Google says it won’t send notifications to the creator whose video the comment is on, nor the comment poster.<\/p>\n

The only way to disable the creation of short-form videos from comments is to disable comments on the original post.<\/p>\n

While it is unclear how the feature will work, the concept heavily borrows from an existing TikTok feature.<\/p>\n

TikTok users can tap a comment on a post and then select the video icon next to the comment compose section to create their own video.<\/p>\n

While not confirmed, the new YouTube feature will likely work similarly.<\/p>\n

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