YouTube recently updated its mobile application to add an ambient mode. The visual feature works by emitting colors out of the display area of a video, adding immersion to the viewing experience. You can take a look at this tutorial to see how you can enable and disable this mode. How to turn on ambient … Read more
When you are using the YouTube app on your smartphone or mobile device, you may notice that the battery life is draining a lot faster than normal. To see how you can get this video streaming application to use less battery charge, you can take a look at this troubleshooting article from Overly Technical. 1. … Read more
The zoom to fill feature in the YouTube app will convert 16:9 videos into a wider aspect ratio in order to fill the full screen of your phone or device. By doing so, it will cut off the top and bottom section of the display area. If you want to disable zoom to fill so … Read more
When browsing for videos in the YouTube mobile app, you may noticed that the thumbnails will start playing preview clips. This feature is not only distracting, but it will also use up bandwidth on your mobile network. So, if you have a bandwidth limit that you don’t want to exceed, then we recommend disabling this … Read more
Being able to view, edit and delete comments with the YouTube mobile app is a little more complicated than you may have expected. To find out how to do so, you can take a look at this step-by-step tutorial at Overly Technical. How to view, edit and delete a single comment in YouTube app In … Read more
Being able to search within a YouTube channel is quite helpful if you are looking for a specific video from a creator. To find out how you can do so in the YouTube mobile app, you can follow this guide at Overly Technical. How to search within a YouTube channel in the YouTube app Unfortunately, … Read more
When browsing through the YouTube on your smartphone or tablet, you may notice that you will feel a slight rumble when touching the touchscreen. You can take a look at this step-by-step guide at Overly Technical to see how to can disable haptic feedback when using this video application. Can you disable vibrations directly in … Read more
Unfortunately, you cannot currently disable HDR from within the YouTube App for your smartphone, tablet or other smart devices. However, there are several workarounds that you can try to turn the HDR display off. You can check out this guide at Overly Technical see what these potential solutions are. What is HDR? HDR expands the … Read more
When using the YouTube mobile app, you won’t be able to go back to a previous video by swiping to the left if you are using gestures-based navigation or by tapping the back button if you are using the 3-button navigation. Instead, these actions will either back you out to the previous non-video page or … Read more