The YouTube Android app has been upgraded to improve the app’s voice search functionality. An additional command has been added to the feature to assist you in navigating the YouTube application. In this article, you will learn how to utilize the YouTube voice search tool and new Android commands.
To start with, make sure you updated your YouTube app to the recent version. Then sign in to your YouTube account and press the top-right search button. To use the voice search feature, tap on the microphone icon which is in the top right corner of the search bar. You can say which video you want to watch. The results will be displayed on the page of search results after you finish speaking.
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To access your subscription notifications, say “show my subscriptions” while using the voice search feature. “Show my history” and “show popular videos” are examples of similar requests.
These instructions are quite useful since they allow you to quickly discover what you need without having to actively explore the application.
How To Enable Voice Search On Youtube?
1. Log in to the YouTube app.
2. Click the search icon.
3. Select the microphone icon.
4. Allow access to the microphone.
5. Recording will start right away
6. Click the microphone icon to end the recording.
7. Click X to go back or exit the recording.
Change microphone permissions to fix the issue:
If you previously blocked microphone access then you may receive a request in your phone settings to activate microphone permissions to activate the voice search.
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Follow The Below Instructions To Give Permissions To Enable The Voice Search On Youtube
- Go to your phone settings
- Click the Apps and notifications option
- Find the YouTube app
- Click into YouTube settings.
- Click into Permissions.
- Navigate to the microphone permission to on.
- Now you will be able to enable the voice search on the YouTube app.
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In some of the android phones microphone icons might be missing after an update, in that case, please uninstall and reinstall the YouTube app to enable the voice search by following the above-mentioned instructions.
