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TL;DR YouTube Premium is getting three new features: On-the-go, Auto speed, and Ask Music for podcasts.
They’re available to Premium subscribers on Android and will roll out to iOS devices in the coming months.
YouTube is one of the biggest platforms for people to listen to podcasts. It has over one billion monthly active viewers watching podcast content. It also offers a plethora of useful features to Premium subscribers, including background play, jump ahead, and faster playback speed options than non-Premium users. Now, it’s getting even better for users who listen to podcasts on the platform.
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YouTube is introducing three new features designed to make your experience listening to podcasts easier and more enjoyable: On-the-go mode, Auto speed, and Ask Music — which is now expanding to podcasts.
On-the-go mode offers easier access to listening controls for videos playing in the background — like skipping around back and forth. It’s meant to offer Premium members a better experience while they’re out and mobile.
It’s also introducing Auto speed for more efficient listening. That’s designed to smartly tweak playback speed to be faster when it detects slow speech, or optimize playback during parts that are packed with information.
On-the-go mode and Auto speed were already available as experimental features in the YouTube app, but are now rolling out for all for Premium members.
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