Globally popular video platform YouTube has come up with a new feature that will allow the user to jump directly to the best part of the video. Specifically, it's an overlay graph placed above the video progress bar that shows where previous viewers spent the most time. The higher the peak of the graph, the more that section of the video has been replayed.
If the meaning of the graph is not clear, the example image on page YouTube community shows the "most played" preview with a specific time. This should make it easy to "quickly find and watch these moments" without having to skip through the video at five-second intervals.
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While the feature was introduced today, it doesn't appear to be available on either mobile or web yet. However, it can be expected that it will be made available soon. It will also be interesting to see how video creators react to the new feature, as it essentially encourages viewers to skip most of the content being played. This could hurt YouTubers financially as viewers would also skip commercial breaks.
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Google previously tested this feature as part of a YouTube Premium subscription. The announcement also teases a "new experimental feature" that will "find the exact moment in the video you want to watch." This feature is supposed to reach premium users first.
