4 Cool Hidden Secret Features of YouTube you might not know !

Updated on September 1, 2017

Secret Feature 1 : YouTube Leanback

Bored of using mouse ! Then here is a hidden feature of YouTube which is a keyboard-interactive only. The site has an unique and beautifully designed user interface that allows you to search for videos, navigate using arrow keys, and view using enter keys.

YouTube-Keyboard-Interactive-Site
YouTube-Keyboard-Interactive-Site
YouTube-Keyboard-Interactive-Site
YouTube-Keyboard-Interactive-Site

Secret Feature 2 : YouTube Feather Beta

Fed up with the slow loading of YouTube videos ? Feather (currently in beta) might be the answer for faster loading of your videos. This feature is in beta and an optional support on YouTube. This feature intends to serve YouTube video watch pages with the lowest latency possible. It achieves this by severely limiting the features available to the viewer and making use of advanced web techniques for reducing the total amount of bytes downloaded by the browser. It is a work in progress and may not work for all videos.

Before Joining the Feather :

Before Joining the Feather beta project for YouTube
Before Joining the Feather beta project for YouTube

After Joining the Feather :

After Joining the Feather beta project for YouTube
After Joining the Feather beta project for YouTube

Secret Feature 3 : 

Feeling to watch some inspiring videos ? then here is a special feature called MoodWall, devised by YouTube specialists with specific equations, which showcases videos of specific moods like, Scary, Brilliant, funny, classic, inspirational talented, touching, cool, epic etc., If you are not seeing many feelings, then double click on any one category listed on the left side of the screen and you see more emotions listed for your view.

Watch YouTube videos by your mood
Watch YouTube videos by your mood

Secret Feature 4 : YouTube Disco 

YouTube’s music discovery project – YouTube Disco allows you to find the videos of your choice, create a list of them and then easily watch them without having the need to choose a new video after the one you are watching is finished.

YouTube-Disco Music Discovery project
YouTube-Disco Music Discovery project

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