Some YouTube users may soon encounter a new feature that will help them keep the sound of their videos at a more consistent level. After a user discovered a yet-to-be-announced setting titled “Constant Volume,” YouTube has since confirmed that the experiment is now in testing with global users.
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As the name suggests, “Constant Volume” aims to equalize the volume across all YouTube videos, some of which may be louder than others. The requirement for audio equalization is something that other media providers have long offered, from smart TVs to sound systems and media players like Roku, which has its own automatic volume equalization feature that targets loud commercials.
YouTube hasn’t announced the launch of the Stable Volume feature, but several people have spotted it appearing on their app, including YouTube creator M. Brandon Lee, of the “This Is Tech Today” channel. In a tweet over the weekend, Lee speculated that the feature “could be a smoothing and compressor that evens out the volume so you don’t have big jumps in volume between videos and even within parts of the video itself,” he noted.
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The company confirmed the creator's speculation, noting that the feature is currently considered experimental.
“We’re currently testing a new YouTube listening control feature that enables more consistent audio for users while watching videos,” a YouTube spokesperson told TechCrunch. “The experiment is global and across mobile devices,” they added.
If you have access to the Constant Volume feature, it will appear on the video settings page in the YouTube app.
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