YouTube gets Sleep Timer, improved Miniplayer, Badges, more

YouTube update: YouTube announced a host of new features coming to its platform, including its mobile apps and TV interface, today. se updates not only bring improvements to existing features such as miniplayer and platform's TV interface, but y also bring a new feature that enable users to take time off platform easily. ditionally, this update also includes features such as fine-tunable playback speed and improved browsing in landscape, that have been announced alrey.

Improved multiplayer

YouTube today announced it has improved miniplayer available for watching videos in YouTube app. With latest update, miniplayer is getting ability to resize and move miniplayer within app.

Playlists get dynamic

company has announced one of major updates to playlists on its platform. Users can now design ir own custom thumbnails for playlists using ir own photos or create new ones with generative AI. Users will also be able to build new playlists in collaboration with or users. This feature will be available on mobile, web, TVs, and YouTube Music.

Set bedtime with Sleep Timer

YouTube is also getting a new Sleep Time feature that will let users set a timer to automatically pause videos after a certain duration of time. This feature will be available on YouTube across mobile devices.

YouTube collectables

YouTube is also rolling out bges to YouTube and YouTube Music apps on mobile devices. With se bges, users will be able to celebrate unique-to-YouTube milestones, such as being one of first set of paid members of a creator’s channel, or correctly completing quizzes. "Users can even earn bges for being a top listener of ir favorite artist or having a creator heart your comment," YouTube wrote in a blog post.

se bges will be available in You tab of platform.

YouTube on TV gets an update

YouTube has also updated YouTube experience on TV. company also said that visual changes rolling out on web and mobile will also come to YouTube app on TV.

As far as availability is concerned, YouTube says that it has rolling out se updates across web, mobile, TVs, and YouTube Music.