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Business EYE AUGUST 27, 2021 | The Indian Eye 31
Tech T@lk
instagram planning to improve youtube premium
its search option subscribers can now use
ocial media platform Ins- Mosseri said. The new update ioS picture-in-picture feature
tagram in future plans to will mean that when you search
Smore prominently feature disco ball on Instagram instead ouTube has rolled out
photos and videos in its search of just hashtags, accounts, and picture-in-picture sup-
results. According to Mash- locations, you’ll also be shown Yport as an experimen-
able, in a recent blog post, In- disco ball-related photos, videos, tal feature for its premium watching a YouTube video, just
stagram head Adam Mosseri and stories. This is particularly subscribers, allowing them to navigate away from the app us-
said that the platform will be helpful when you don’t know ex- watch a video in a small win- ing the home button or by swip-
“launching a series of improve- actly what username or hashtag dow when the app is closed. ing up and picture-in-picture
ments designed for inspiration you want to see. The platform As per The Verge, in June, will start. Locking your phone
and discovery” with regard to will also expand the keywords YouTube announced it would screen while watching PiP will
search on the app. Currently, you can use to search. They will be bringing picture-in-pic- pause the video, but you can
instead of being fed with actual be starting in English and will ture to iOS. Now, it seems the resume it via the lock screen
search results, Instagram gives expand to other languages in much-demanded feature is fi- media controls. Now, when you
accounts, places, and hashtags. the future. As per Mashable, nally available, though perhaps open a video in the YouTube
For instance, if you want to see speaking further about this new for a limited time and only for app on your iPhone, if you close
how someone styles a disco ball change, Mosseri added, “We YouTube Premium subscribers the app (either by swiping up or
in their living room, you have design all of our features to help currently. If you’re a YouTube clicking the home button), the
to search for either a disco ball you find the things you love. We Premium subscriber, open up a video will continue playing in
account, the location Disco Ball are constantly working on im- web browser and head to www. a small window. You can move
in Greece, or the hashtag #dis- provements to help you discov- youtube.com/new. Scroll down that window around and do oth-
coball. “We’re moving towards er entertaining things to share to where “Picture-in-picture on er things on your phone, and it
a full search results page expe- with your friends, and we look iOS” is listed and click “Try it will continue playing. YouTube
rience that makes it even easier forward to showing you more out.” You’ll be prompted to sign says the feature is “Available un-
to go deep on your interests,” about how Instagram works in in to your account. Then, while til 31 October”.
upcoming posts.”
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