so you can link to a chapter when sharing a video link

With the advent of chapter reading YouTube for Android we can quickly jump to a specific time in a video, as long as the video supports these chapters, but now they also add a new way to share a video.

Until now YouTube for Android It only allowed us to share a normal link from a video, which always started playing from the first second. There was no way to link to a specific point in a video like its web version allowed it. Well now with your app we can share the video link of a certain chapter

, something very handy in the tutorials.

Link to a video chapter

To link to a video chapter, the first thing we need to do is play a video with chapters. We will identify if a video has chapters if a title appears in the timestamp

and whether the play bar is divided into songs (chapters).

If we play a video divided into chapters, it is enough to touch on video to activate the playback options and press the title of the current chapter. After that the list of chapters where can we share the video of a certain chapter.

In this way, YouTube for Android will create a link with the timestamp

at the end of the URL (& t = 77 if we want the video to start at minute 1:17) without having to manually type in the exact time of the video.

This novelty affects all users who have updated the YouTube app for Android at version 16.20 or higher. Now all that is left is for YouTube content creators to implement chapters in all of their videos.

Via | Android Police
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