On some occasions we are seeing guides or any kind of video where its creator takes many turns or we are simply in a hurry. On these occasions, the ideal is to speed up the playback speed of the YouTube video , although we can also slow it down if it happens the other way around.
YouTube allows us to enjoy short videos known as Shorts; Very varied content, both from entertainment to educational videos, simple and advanced guides for many things, music, etc. In short, a quantity of content of all kinds and for all tastes. Although sometimes the video can go too fast or slow. At this time is when we must learn to control that speed to enjoy the content we are viewing..
How to speed up or slow down YouTube playback speed on computers
It is possible to change the playback speed in both web browsers and mobile devices such as iPhone, iPad and Android. We are going to go step by step seeing how to achieve it on each of the devices.
In order to slow down or speed up the playback speed of a video on YouTube in a web browser, we will have to open any video we want. Next, we will have to open the playback toolbar and click on the “gear” icon that is located in the lower right corner of the video..
In the menu that appears, we will click on “Playback speed”.
Once we are in the “Playback Speed” menu, we can select a speed between 0.25 and 2 speed, including a custom value that must be kept within the mentioned range. Speed "1" would be normal, all videos by default are displayed at that speed. This means that a lower value will slow it down and a higher value will speed it up..
After this we will have to click outside the menu to close it and we will press the play button, the video will play at the speed we selected. This configuration is saved and will be the default from now on. But don't worry, if you want to return to normal speed, we will simply have to do the same as we mentioned before, but set it to speed “1”.
Speed up or slow down YouTube videos on iPhone, iPad and Android
We can do this from the application without problems, it is practically the same in any operating system, both in iPhone and Android. First we open the app and search for a video. While playing the video, tap the screen once until the toolbar appears, and then tap the button with vertical ellipses in the top right corner.
A new menu is displayed, we are going to choose the one that says “Reproduction speed”.
In the Playback Speed list, we will select the speed we want. Remember that a value less than 1 slows down the video, while a value greater than this speeds it up.
After this we close the menu and play the video at the desired speed. If we want to return to normal speed, we simply repeat all the steps, but select “1”.