YouTube is testing a new mobile app feature with its premium subscribers that lets them zoom in on any video. As noted by 9to5Google, the latest experimental option allows for a pinch-to-zoom gesture for videos — and it works in both portrait and landscape full-screen views.
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According to the company, the zoom feature will remain in testing until September 1, giving YouTube about a month to gather feedback from users and improve things before potentially rolling it out more widely.
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To enable the pinch to zoom feature, open YouTube's settings menu either on your phone or on the website. If you're a YouTube Premium subscriber, there should be a "try new features" section. Right now, the only feature to try is the zoom feature. It seems like there might be a delay between joining the test and being able to use the pinch gesture, as we weren't able to use it right away after enabling it. But once it's active, you should be able to zoom up to 8x.
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There are already ways to zoom in on YouTube content with various accessibility features on Android and iOS , and it's obviously pretty easy to do in a desktop browser. But having it as an optional native feature in the mobile app is even more convenient.
Source of information: theverge.com
