YouTube, one of the major video streaming applications used by users all over the world, is now reportedly testing a feature that will allow mobile viewers to create shorts featuring the comments posted on videos they are watching, somewhat like Instagram’s sticker feature.

According to YouTube's support website, the Short will appear in the Shorts feed as well as on the viewer's channel page. Not only that, but it also states that the viewer-generated shorts will not affect the creators whose video comments are active, as well as the comment author. The users will not be able to restrict other users to restrict their comments from being used in the short until the comments on the videos are disabled.

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"While creators can already respond to comments (posted on their own content) with a Short," the firm stated on its support website. "We would like to investigate allowing viewers the ability to make content from comments as well," it added.

"Viewer-created Shorts will not send notifications to the creator whose video the comment is on, nor to the author of the comment," it noted.

The feature is currently available to a select audience and is expected to roll out for the public in the near future with the upcoming updates.

Meanwhile, the video-sharing platform had previously revealed that it was developing a new function that would let viewers long-press anywhere on the player while watching a video to instantly double the playback speed.

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The business was also testing a technology that gives users larger previews while they search. It will be useful to have this capability since it will be simpler for users to locate the precise section of the video that they want to watch. The platform was also testing a lock screen function that lets users turn off touch interaction while watching a movie. It will lessen the likelihood that accidental taps may halt, skip, or otherwise disrupt the video.