YouTube is introducing a new zoom into videos feature

YouTube is now over 17 years old and there is no denying the place it holds in the modern media landscape. It has evolved into a beast of an app offering everything from music videos and silly short videos to fully featured documentaries, TV shows, and even movies. Recently, Google has been updating the YouTube app giving it a facelift and bringing in some feature tweaks and upgrades. Today, we can report on a long-awaited YouTube feature finally coming to the app, zooming in and out of content. Here’s what you need to know.

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Google has announced the introduction of a new pinch-to-zoom feature for YouTube as well as publishing a how-to guide to show users what they need to do to take advantage of the feature.

The new pinch-to-zoom YouTube feature allows users who are watching YouTube videos in full-screen mode to tap and pitch the content to zoom in and out for a better and more detailed view. Also, the feature will stay zoomed in, meaning that it will not pop back out to the regular resolution automatically, which will allow users to keep watching videos they have zoomed into without having to hold their fingers on the screen. The full instructions for the new feature, as laid out by Google are:

Pinch to zoom in on content:

In full screen mode, touch the video with two fingers.

Move your fingers away from one another, while touching the video screen.

Once you let go, the video will play at the new zoom level.

Pinch to zoom out of content:

After zooming in, touch the video with two fingers, and move your fingers towards one another to zoom out.

Once you let go, the video will play at the new zoom level.

The simple process is easy enough to get your head around, but Google has also created a quick video guide to help you learn the basics quickly and easily.

In other recent YouTube news, the video app is rolling out handy home screen widgets for iPhone users.