What is it, and how will it help users

YouTube is introducing a new feature called “Stable volume” on its app, following the recent rollout of the 1080p Enhanced bitrate for YouTube Premium users on the web.

A Reddit user named (@OwenTheHugger) discovered and shared the feature. Reportedly, it appears under the Ambient Mode option on the video settings page. It appears that not all users currently have access to it.

Although it is unclear how the “Stable volume” setting works, its name suggests that it seeks to regulate and equalise volume levels across various videos. This feature can prevent unexpected volume changes while watching videos from different channels.

According to YouTuber M. Brandon Lee, the Stable Volume feature can normalise and compress volume levels, reducing abrupt jumps between videos and within a single video. Lee suggests that this new feature would be useful for videos with speech audio set at -12dB and intense background music at 0dB during slow-motion montages, but there may be concerns about its impact on music content.

The Stable volume feature is currently limited, suggesting it may be in testing or gradually rolling out to YouTube users.

In related news, YouTube has been recently experimenting with ad blockers, showing users pop-ups to disable ad blockers, else the video player will be blocked after three warnings.

Meanwhile, YouTube is also testing to bring games to the platform.

YouTube’s Playables feature will allow users to play games within the web or mobile app, starting with easily shareable games like Stack Bounce.

These games will reportedly be available on YouTube’s website using web browsers or mobile devices running on Google‘s Android and Apple‘s iOS operating systems.

A company spokesman said that gaming has long been a focus at YouTube and that they are always experimenting with new features but have nothing to announce right now.

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YouTube is introducing a new feature called “Stable volume” on its app, following the recent rollout of the 1080p Enhanced bitrate for YouTube Premium users on the web.

A Reddit user named (@OwenTheHugger) discovered and shared the feature. Reportedly, it appears under the Ambient Mode option on the video settings page. It appears that not all users currently have access to it.

Although it is unclear how the “Stable volume” setting works, its name suggests that it seeks to regulate and equalise volume levels across various videos. This feature can prevent unexpected volume changes while watching videos from different channels.

According to YouTuber M. Brandon Lee, the Stable Volume feature can normalise and compress volume levels, reducing abrupt jumps between videos and within a single video. Lee suggests that this new feature would be useful for videos with speech audio set at -12dB and intense background music at 0dB during slow-motion montages, but there may be concerns about its impact on music content.

The Stable volume feature is currently limited, suggesting it may be in testing or gradually rolling out to YouTube users.

In related news, YouTube has been recently experimenting with ad blockers, showing users pop-ups to disable ad blockers, else the video player will be blocked after three warnings.

Meanwhile, YouTube is also testing to bring games to the platform.

YouTube’s Playables feature will allow users to play games within the web or mobile app, starting with easily shareable games like Stack Bounce.

These games will reportedly be available on YouTube’s website using web browsers or mobile devices running on Google‘s Android and Apple‘s iOS operating systems.

A company spokesman said that gaming has long been a focus at YouTube and that they are always experimenting with new features but have nothing to announce right now.

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