Previously, you could only change the speed of a video on YouTube from the web version (by tapping on the cogwheel in the video’s black box). But now you can also do the same from the mobile application. The latest version of the YouTube app allows you to change the video speed on Android easily.
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Speed up YouTube playback on Android
For example, to increase YouTube speed on Android, do the following:
- Touch in the video area to display the menus and options.
- At the top right, tap on the three-dot button.
- Finally, select the desired playback speed. In this case, to speed up YouTube you would have to choose the value of 1.25X, 1.75X or 2X. Obviously the higher value will increase the speed more.
How to slow down a video on YouTube
In this case it will be necessary to choose the 0.75X, 0.5X or 0.25X speeds. The lower the value, the slower the video will go.
Cannot change video speed in some cases
For some reason, the option to change the video playback speed does not appear in some videos.
Change the speed of video on mobile with the latest version of YouTube
This feature is available in the latest version of the YouTube app for Android. In this case it is 12.32.60. You will have to update the application in case you have a previous version. This version also brings a new change in the interface or design of the application.
This redesign has also been applied to the web version of YouTube. There has also been added the option of theme or black background. Unfortunately, that dark theme is currently unavailable on the mobile app.
This novelty to change the speed of a YouTube video on mobile is very useful to accelerate playback when the person in the video speaks very slowly or we want to quickly reach a part of the video that interests us. Although you can also take advantage of the new forward and backward option. You will want to slow down a YouTube video if you want to better understand videos in English or another language, and thus improve your listening. It is also very useful to better appreciate some detail or quick transition in a video. This without neglecting the fun it is to hear a person applying this change.
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