YouTube Adds Voice Commands Support to Search Videos

John Jack15 Jan, 2021News

Google’s popular video streaming platform, YouTube, has integrated a new functionality to its app that lets people operate the site through voice commands. Users will now find a microphone icon right next to the search bar. When you click on it for the first time, a notification will pop up asking you to grant permission to the website or application to use your microphone. Once you click on “allow,” again, a popup box will appear on your screen saying “listening,” as you speak, the platform will try to identify what you are asking for to present you with relevant results. However, before jumping to the search results page, the platform will first display a written text of your query. In case it doesn’t match what you actually wanted to search, you can tap on the microphone again to repeat your voice command.