YouTube adds chat feature to mobile app

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YouTube is introducing a new way to let users share and chat about videos without leaving its app.

The new feature - called Share on YouTube- is a basic chat feature and rolls out globally for mobile today.

YouTube hopes it will cut down on users switching to Facebook's Messenger of other apps to share videos with their friends.

'Starting today, you can share videos with your friends and family directly on YouTube,' wrote YouTube product manager Benoît de Boursetty in a company blog post announcing the new feature.

'Not only can you share and receive videos in the app, you can also chat about them right on YouTube, reply with another video, invite others to the conversation, and more.

'We think it'll make sharing easier, faster and more fun on your phone.'

The new feature simply offers a new way to share videos, but users can continue copying and pasting video URLs or selecting other social networks when clicking the 'share' button.

Currently, chat is only available on mobile, and there is no word on plans for a desktop roll out.
The feature will be built into the current 'share' button and let users select recipients from their phones' contact lists.

Users can start one-on-one chats or group chats with up to 30 people, in which they can watch shared videos without leaving the thread.

They can also reply with text, emojis and additional video links.

Any videos shared with the new chat feature will also live on a brand new tab on users' YouTube apps, making it easier them to catch up on videos sent by friends.

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What do you think? Is this something you'd use or is it just a gimmick? I don't understand why this isn't also on desktop. Thoughts?

Source and full article: https://youtube.googleblog.com/2017/08/introducing-new-way-to-share-youtube.html
 
I knew they were heading in the direction of a more social platform. I'm all for any type of new features, back before I was so entrenched in social media I used to roll my eyes at things, however nowadays I'm immediately thinking about how I can use this to provide value to others and grow my brand.
 
Youtube is going in the right path with this because theyre are million of youtubers who are trying to promote their videos like me definitely gonna take this chance and male my mark THIS YEAR
 
That's great news! I had heard rumors about YouTube bringing back a chat feature sometime late last year. For those of you who've been using YouTube since the early days you might remember the old chatroom features. Would be nice if they could bring back video responses too.
 
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