YouTube, which has turned into a huge social media platform with new features over the years, has announced a new feature that will enable its users to interact with the video more. The new blog post shared on the YouTube Support page shared that after the time-stamped comments, this time it will pave the way for a certain main reaction in a video.
The new experimental feature, currently activated on YouTube channel #, allows viewers to react with emojis to a certain moment of the video, similar to timestamped comments. The reactions of the users can be viewed on the video by opening the reactions section while the video is playing.
YouTube’s feature to throw emojis on video will look like this
The feature will not show which user posted any reaction. Reactions will only appear anonymously as emojis. YouTube stated in its blog post that it has tried several different reactions and that the reactions will be shaped according to the progress of this test.
According to the shared blog post, the purpose of the feature will be to bring a kind of sense of community to YouTube. Users who want to try the Reactions feature and new test features to come in the coming period can become a tester and try the feature by clicking this link on the Android version of YouTube.