According to recent statistics, the YouTube database contains more than 6 billion videos and the service hosts over two billion active monthly users. Therefore, it is highly unlikely that there is a person who uses their smartphone without opening the YouTube app to watch a video or two, or three, or even until their limited internet data runs out. However, even if you are a “YouTube addict”, the way you interact with the app on your smartphone is routine – you simply open the app, search for a video, start watching it, and then move on to another, and so on. Meanwhile, YouTube continuously receives new updates that bring along exciting tricks to enhance the viewing and interaction experience with the videos. In this article, we will explore a set of features that you may have missed while using the YouTube app on your phone routinely.
**Features and Tricks of the YouTube App**
**1. Customize Subtitles in Videos**
– Many YouTube videos have subtitles in multiple languages, including Arabic. This is a useful feature for better understanding the content and can come in handy in various situations. Simply click on the [CC] icon above the video to display the subtitles instantly. If you find that the default appearance of the subtitles is not clear enough or does not suit your taste, you can easily customize it. You can customize the subtitles that appear in YouTube videos, but this is not done through the app settings itself, rather through the settings of your phone’s operating system, whether it is Android or iOS.
**2. Knowing the Time Remaining on the Video**
– One of the tricks that few YouTube app users know is knowing how much time is left on the current video being watched. By clicking on the timer, YouTube displays the countdown that indicates the time it takes for the video to end, and with another click on the timer, it shows the time you have already spent watching that video.
The content continues with detailed steps on how to customize subtitles, use sleep timer, search videos by hashtag, enable night mode, and many other tips to enhance the YouTube app experience on your smartphone.
