Boosting playback speed is a common occurrence with most YouTube content these days, especially with podcasts, and Google is making it easier to 2x videos with a new gesture. Currently, on mobile, ...

In a significant enhancement to the user experience, TikTok has introduced a feature that allows users to adjust the playback speed of videos directly within the app. This feature, which has been ...

So you want to fast forward on YouTube video to speed up playback? Sometimes people talk too slow and you want to play the video faster without missing any content. Or maybe you want to slow down ...

When watching a video either in full screen or portrait mode, just press and hold down anywhere on the player to automatically bump your playback speed to 2x. Once you get to the part of the video you ...

YouTube has announced more than two dozen updates, including “fine-tunable” playback speed, a sleep timer and a more “cinematic feel” for its TV app. The features will gradually roll out over the next ...

New updates on the way for YouTube include collaborative playlists and an improved miniplayer that you can move and resize. New updates on the way for YouTube include collaborative playlists and an ...

YouTube is experimenting with a new capability that allows Premium subscribers to watch videos at 2x speed. The feature lets users long-press on the player to automatically set the playback speed to ...

For all its faults as a platform, YouTube’s video player functionality is easily among the best online. It streams reliably to almost every device you can think of, in your choice of both video ...

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Google Photos may reportedly get a new “Playback speed” option that will let you adjust the speed of the video, similar to what you see on YouTube. Users will have speed options from 0.25x to 2x.