You know all of the commotion surrounding how Google is ‘changing’ its search page? Well, YouTube is getting a similar change.
While it isn’t outright replacing the search bar, the video-sharing platform says it wants to introduce a “new way to shape your discovery experience.” Essentially, the goal is to offer more videos that fit your interests in a more fluid way than the time-tested search bar.
However, as mentioned earlier, it isn’t directly replacing the search bar. Instead, a new custom feed button will be available next to the search bar. When opened, YouTube will present you with an illuminated prompt box with several suggested queries below it.
Whatever is entered into the prompt box will return a feed of videos that fit what you entered. Interestingly, YouTube notes that this feed refreshes constantly, so prompts that are the same won’t have the same results.
Now, there will be an option to save the custom feed as a chip, and those feeds will show up at the top of the home page. Those feeds can also be edited, so if certain videos are appearing that you don’t want, you can add more context to refine the search.
The feature is limited to users who are signed into a YouTube account with their history turned on. It is also only available in the US for the time being, though I imagine it will come to Canada in the near future.
Source: YouTube via 9to5Google
