YouTube has tipped in a sleep timer for its Premium users, in an effort to test out the feature. Practical, though there is quite a selection in the modern world.
If you pay for YouTube, you have an additional advantage with your Premium account: the American giant is currently working on a new sleep timer feature you can use to have the playback stopped at a particular time.
If you are one of those people who sleep with no noise at all, then it can come as a surprise when a service such as YouTube incorporates a timer like this. You use YouTube when you are conscious not when you are asleep. For some, this is in the form of something that they like to watch before going to sleep every night and YouTube fits this description to the letter. The service is packed to its gills with lengthy, low-energy videos that will help you level out. The issue is that some of them go on and on and you can feel fully awake again only after one or two in the morning.
Which is where the timer is useful. If you know that it takes you less than 20 minutes for instance, to fall asleep then you can set the time, to 30 minutes (again an illustration). However as soon as this time elapses, the playback ceases and one then is able to sleep without other interferences.
It is recommended to use the sleep timer that is inherent in YouTube.
As of now, premium subscribers can try this feature by going to YouTube’s weird and experimental product updates page. It can also be gathered in the YT settings on the smartphones in the ‘Turn on the new, experimental features’ option. Activated in the same manner, this timer can be viewed from any video through the cogwheel icon. You can choose 10, 15, 20, 30, 45 or 60 minutes or till the end of the video as well.
How to use a sleep timer without paying YouTube Premium
You don’t have to pay YouTube Premium to enjoy it. If you have an iPhone, you already have such a native feature available on any media playback. To take advantage of it, open the Clock app, tap the Timers tab. Set the duration you want, then tap When the timer ends. Scroll to the very bottom and opt for Stop Playback. Start your timer, start a video on YouTube, and when the timer runs out, your iPhone will stop playing and lock itself, saving your battery.
