Youtube Is Testing Creator Voice Replies

The adjacent clip you remark connected a YouTube video, you could comprehend its creator’s sound respond to you. YouTube says it’s testing retired a characteristic pinch a “small number” of creators that lets them grounds an audio reply to comments connected their videos.

YouTube says it hopes this investigation “enables overmuch meaningful relationships betwixt creators and their audiences.” YouTubers successful nan proceedings group tin usage it by tapping nan sound activity icon erstwhile replying to a comment, tapping “record a sound reply,” and past posting it arsenic normal. However, anyone different tin interact pinch these replies conscionable for illustration mean matter comments.

For now, creators successful nan proceedings group tin only create sound replies successful nan iOS app, and only connected their ain videos. Where you tin comprehend nan replies seems to beryllium limited, too; I didn’t personification nan action to comprehend to nan supra sound reply from YouTuber ThioJoe successful a web browser connected my Mac, but I could play it successful nan YouTube app connected my iPhone 15 Pro and Pixel 6 phones.