YouTube provides TikTok-style stay rings to point out when a channel is streaming
YouTube is including a brand new indicator to point out when a channel is stay
YouTube is including a brand new indicator to point out when a channel is stay streaming on the platform, its chief product officer Neal Mohan has announced on Twitter. It consists of displaying a hoop with the phrase “Stay” on it round a channel’s profile image once they’re stay streaming, which you’ll be able to faucet to leap straight into the stay broadcast. The function ought to make it simpler to seek out at present stay content material as you browse YouTube.
If the function sounds acquainted, it could be as a result of it’s already used on a few different companies. TikTok makes use of the same pulsing ring impact on a channel’s profile image in the event that they’re stay streaming if you scroll previous their video in your feed. Instagram additionally exhibits a colourful ring across the profile footage of stay streaming accounts once they’re proven on the high of your feed.
Actually targeted making it simpler for customers to seek out livestreams on @YouTube so we’re rolling out the Stay rings function on cell! @YouTubeCreators streaming stay will now have a hoop across the channel avatar & clicking on the avatar will take you on to the livestream. pic.twitter.com/QylUbpktum
— Neal Mohan (@nealmohan) February 18, 2022
Like Tales, which initially began out as a Snapchat function earlier than being quickly cloned by principally each different platform on the market, it appears the stay ring UI was too excellent to not combine into YouTube. However the largest instance of the inspiration YouTube is taking from TikTok is undoubtedly “Shorts,” a function that allows you to browse short-form video content material utilizing a vertically scrolling feed.