- Android users have noticed a test that Autoplaya the first video in their feed when opens the YouTube application
- Users have expressed their negative feelings online, with some tips to share and solutions to avoid this
- This is another of the recent experimental features of YouTube, and follows the list of ‘recommended videos’ of the platform in the application’s playback tail
In general, when YouTube implements new experimental characteristics, it can detect them from a mile away. However, the video platform has been quite discreet and cunning with its last test, and some users have noticed that it has been automatically reproducing the first video in their feed while they open the Android version of the application.
During the last month or so, several Android users have reported their experiences with this strange automatic function, and although most believed it was a mistake at the beginning, it turns out that it is intentional by YouTube. To say that people are frustrated is a euphemism, and they have not avoided expressing their feelings in innumerable Reddit threads.
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“I opened my YouTube application on my Samsung phone today, and immediately began to reproduce a video. I checked that Autoplay was disabled and restarted the application, and that did not solve anything,” said a user on Reddit, who attracted a list of answers from other Android users with the same problem.
There is an existing YouTube feature that can automatically enable videos one after another, and this can be easily deactivated in its configuration, but one of the most annoying parts of the Youtube mysterious autopilot test is that it is not so simple to avoid. Fortunately, users who have been experiencing this problem have found a way to stop this uninstalling the last update of the application, or by eraseing their data and cache.
YouTube is in an era of experimentation
It is an interesting moment for YouTube, which seems to be doing a new test every week. Automatic playback videos are only one of an experiments cluster that could lead to new features for application, for better or worse.
Other recent tests point to the possible arrival of new functions for Youtube premium subscribers, including a function that allows you to control the audio quality in the videos, as well as a new advantage that saves time that shows the content recommended directly in its playback. YouTube has also been testing a solution for subscriber notifications, and although this could be a blessing for users, it could be a great risk to creators.
