YouTube Introduces A New Instant Messaging Feature

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 You can now share videos with friends without leaving the YouTube app.
The video giant has introduced an instant messaging feature similar to Facebook Chat.
YouTube has only rolled out the feature to a small selection of users but might introduce it for everyone if it’s successful.


If you’re one of the lucky ones with access, you’ll be able to invite your friends to use it too.

According to Wired, YouTube wants more people to share videos and thought a messaging function within the mobile app would be the best way to do it.

At the moment, if you want to show your friends a hilarious sneezing puppy, you have to copy and paste the URL and send it through a different messaging app.

The new feature will let you type messages to friends, as well as instantly sending videos to them.
As well as being handy for users, it’s obviously a big plus for YouTube.
More than a billion people view videos on the site but the company still doesn’t want you to go elsewhere.

So, the longer you stay in the app, the less time you’ll spend on rivals like Facebook and Snapchat. That’s the hope, anyway.

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