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Are yous watching a video on YouTube that's moving too slowly—or too apace? Information technology'due south easy to speed up (or wearisome downwards) playback of whatever video on the YouTube website or the YouTube mobile app. Here'south how.

How YouTube's Playback Speed Controls Work

YouTube includes a feature called "Playback speed" that allows you to select a speed anywhere between 0.25 times and 2 times the normal speed. With "one" being normal speed, "0.25" is equal to a quarter of the original speed (slowing playback down), and "2" is twice as fast equally normal.

If something seems like it's taking forever—perchance a long presentation, interview, or podcast where everyone is speaking slowly—yous can actually speed it up. Likewise, if you're watching a tutorial and things are moving likewise speedily, you lot tin can slow the video down so that you tin can proceed upwardly.

YouTube's playback speed feature doesn't change the pitch of the video when you speed it up or slow it down. If it did, a person'south voice might sound similar a squeaky mouse when fast or similar a lumbering giant when wearisome. Instead, it compresses or expands the sound and video samples to maintain the same audio pitch during playback—so it really just sounds like the same person is talking faster or slower. Music volition likewise play faster or slower without altering the musical key.

Change YouTube'due south Playback Speed on the Web

Yous can change playback speed in both a web browser and in the YouTube mobile app for iPhone, Android, and iPad. First, we'll show you how it works on the web.

To dull down or speed upwardly a YouTube video in a browser, visit YouTube.com and navigate to a YouTube video. Bring upwardly the playback toolbar and click the "gear" icon located in the lower-correct corner of the video expanse.

In the menu that appears, click "Playback speed."

In the menu that appears, select "Playback speed."

In the "Playback speed" card, you can select a speed anywhere between 0.25 times and 2 times the speed, including a custom value within that range. With "1" being normal speed, any value less than 1 will slow the video down, while any value greater than one volition speed up the video.

Choose a YouTube playback speed from the list.

Afterwards that, click outside the menu to close it, and the next time you press the play button, the video will play at the speed you selected. If yous need to change it back to normal, click the gear icon once again, select "Playback speed," and pick "i" from the list.

Change YouTube'due south Playback Speed on iPhone, iPad, or Android

If y'all'd like to slow downward or speed up a YouTube video on your iPhone, iPad, or Android device, offset open the YouTube app. While playing a video, tap the screen once to bring upward the toolbar, and so tap the vertical ellipses button (3 dots aligned vertically) located in the upper-right corner of the video frame.

In the YouTube app, tap the three dots button.

In the carte that pops up, select "Playback speed."

In the menu that appears, tap "Playback speed."

In the "Playback speed" list that appears, select the speed y'all'd similar. Remember, whatever value less than 1 slows the video down, while any number greater than 1 speeds up the video.

Select the YouTube playback speed you'd like from the list.

After that, close the carte du jour, and the video will resume at the selected speed. If you need to change it back to the regular speed, tap the ellipses push again and change the speed to "one."

Happy watching!