The pinch-to-zoom is only available for YouTube Premium subscribers to try out for now. According to YouTube, the zoom feature will remain in testing until September 1, giving the platform about a month to take customer feedback and refine the feature before a wider rollout.
YouTube, which is owned by Google, is developing a new mobile app function that will let users zoom in on any video. Users of YouTube may utilise this experimental opt-in functionality to pinch-to-zoom into YouTube videos in either landscape or portrait orientation.
The function, which is only accessible to YouTube Premium users, was discovered for the first time by 9to5Google. In order to gather user input and improve the functionality before a broader distribution, YouTube said the zoom feature will stay in testing until September 1.
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