YouTube rolls out new miniplayer, sleep timer, and more features

YouTube has officially launched several new features for its mobile app on Android and iOS, including a redesigned miniplayer and additional user controls.

The new miniplayer now looks like a picture-in-picture window, allowing users to resize and move it while watching videos.

A sleep timer is also available, with customizable increments from 10 minutes to the end of a video. Additionally, YouTube introduced fine-tunable playback speeds with a new slider for precise control.

Collaborative playlists and custom thumbnails are now supported, and badges will soon be visible on users' profiles.

We’re bringing badges to the YouTube and YouTube Music apps on mobile devices. We’re starting with just a few at launch, with badges that celebrate unique-to-YouTube milestones, such as being one of the first set of paid members of a creator’s channel, or correctly completing quizzes. Users can even earn badges for being a top listener of their favorite artist or having a creator heart your comment.