From now on it is easier to better tailor YouTube to your preferences. The homepage and suggestions have been overhauled and give you more control.
Improve YouTube recommendations
In a blog, YouTube explains which two changes are being made to the app. The feature will be rolled out worldwide from now on. It may therefore take a while for it to appear with you.
That starts with the home or home screen that you see when you open YouTube. Here you will find a collection of videos from channels you have subscribed to, as well as videos that YouTube thinks you will like. If the app is wrong and recommends a video that you don’t like, you can indicate this from now on by going through the following steps.
- Open the YouTube app and go to the Home tab;
- Tap the three dots next to the title of a video you don’t want to see;
- Choose ‘Not interested’.
As soon as you do this, the video will disappear from the overview and YouTube will receive a signal that you are not interested in the channel in question. This way you can be sure that it will not reappear the next time you open the app. If you regret your choice, you can still find the channel in the search function and the trending overview of YouTube.
YouTube will also provide more information about why certain videos are recommended to you. For example, with a text line under a suggestion you can see that many viewers of one of your subscribed channels found a video interesting.
More options soon
Finally, YouTube is introducing a function that is now only available in English, but will soon also be available in other countries. This puts a bar in the home screen with various topics that interest you. This way you can easily filter the overview between, for example, videos that have been recently released or videos that belong to a specific topic.
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