YouTube is shaking things up with a vibrant new experiment. Picture opening your YouTube app and being welcomed not only by the usual mix of videos but by streams of content curated by color. Indeed, YouTube is currently testing a feature that categorizes videos into red, blue, and green feeds, aiming to provide a distinctive and visually captivating browsing experience.
This experiment is currently limited to select Android and iOS devices. Insights from sources like 9to5Google and user discussions on Lemmy shed light on this concept, where users are prompted to choose a color theme for their video feed. This approach is still in the testing phase, available to only a handful of users on both Android and iOS devices. YouTube’s own Allison Toh has confirmed the experiment, although the motivations behind this move and its potential wider rollout remain undisclosed.
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The concept is straightforward yet intriguing. Upon selecting a color, a new feed emerges, infusing your homepage with a splash of your chosen hue without overwhelming your existing feed. The specifics of how videos are selected for each color filter are somewhat mysterious, with the selection seemingly based on the dominant colors in video thumbnails or perhaps even the content of the videos themselves.
This experiment transcends being merely a quirky feature as it taps into the broader marketing practice of color harmony, a strategy observed across various industries, from fashion to cosmetics, in crafting visually appealing content sequences. YouTube’s color feeds could also function as a tool for deciphering user preferences related to color, providing insights that extend beyond mere content choices. As this experiment evolves, it will be fascinating to observe how color influences our consumption of content and whether YouTube will eventually introduce this feature to all users.
