YouTube Is Testing Video Queue Feature On Android And iOS

Video-streaming platform YouTube is testing the "Add to Queue" feature for Android and iOS users.

The YouTube queue will be available for testing on Android and iOS until January 28.

Video-streaming platform YouTube is testing the "Add to Queue" feature for Android and iOS users. The feature is already available on the website version of YouTube. According to 9to5Google report, once the feature goes live, the three-dot overflow menu next to videos -- will include a new "Play last in queue" option at the very top of the list.

The YouTube queue will be available for testing on Android and iOS until January 28, said the report.

After selecting, YouTube will create a queue at the bottom of the users' screen. This panel will let users drag to rearrange the viewing order, as well as remove by swiping left. When users play something, it will be added to the queue and can be moved back. This feature ("Line up watch to watch") is prominently promoted as a "Premium feature", according to the report.

Currently, "Save to Watch later" or "Save to playlist" is how users can get back to something that they don't want to view right away. To test out the new queue feature in the Android or iOS app, users need to tap on their profile avatar in the top-right corner, then go to Settings and then click Try new features.

Earlier this week, the video streaming platform announced that it will now show an estimated time for how much it will take to process users' uploads so that they can decide the right time to publish it.

Earlier in November, YouTube Shorts videos made their way to TVs, the company announced. YouTube Shorts videos are videos of length of 60 seconds or less and have been around for quite some time. The feature is available on TV models that were launched in 2019 and later along with newer gaming consoles.

The Google-owned company believes that the YouTube Shorts experience should be consistent on both TV and smartphones. It should be noted that YouTube Shorts videos have a vertical format even though TVs are watched in landscape mode. Playing YouTube Shorts videos on a TV means there will be a lot of blank space on both sides and the company has explained how it addressed that challenge.