YouTube has announced that starting today, January 29, 2021, a clipping feature will be tested in the platform.

The said feature will be tested with a small group of creators on YouTube.

“We’ve heard a lot of feedback from creators and viewers who have wanted an easy way to capture short segments of content and share moments from videos or streams. We’re excited to begin our testing of a clipping feature on YouTube starting today with a small group of creators while we start gathering feedback. Creation of clips is currently available on desktop and Android devices to start, with iOS devices coming soon.”

-YouTube

Furthermore, according to YouTube, the creation of clips is currently available on desktop and Andriod devices. For iOS devices, the clipping feature will be coming soon.

With the clip feature on YouTube, 5-60 second segment of a creator’s video uploads and streams can be selected.

The selected segment can be shared with others across platforms said YouTube.

There’s an experiment coming to a limited number of gaming channels soon – Clips! Get the details here: https://t.co/IJoGkM8fEk

— YouTube Gaming (@YouTubeGaming) January 28, 2021

Today we are launching an experimental version of Clips on YouTube. Check out videos on the Creator Insider channel and test it out yourself!

Clips are 5-60 sec, shareable, segments of content (Live/VOD) that live on top of the original video.

More info: https://t.co/5fJyorxjrj pic.twitter.com/DVWNQ2BoEx

— Lester (@Chen) January 28, 2021

YouTube added that they will continue to test the clipping feature and will make updates based on feedback. Furthermore, updates will be posted when they have new information to share on the availability of clips.

To check future updates, click HERE.

Source: YouTube