YouTube is reportedly testing locking video playback speed behind a YouTube Premium subscription.

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Listening to audiobooks and podcasts at 1.2x speed is ideal. It's not so fast you lose track — and you can finish a 10-hour book in 8 hours and 20 minutes Spotify provided data showing that 98.5% of ...

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YouTube has rolled out a new feature to YouTube Premium subscribers that enables video playback speed to be increased much easier. The new feature will be greatly ...

YouTube is experimenting with a new capability that allows Premium subscribers to watch videos at 2x speed. The feature lets users long-press on the player to automatically set the playback speed to ...

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