YouTube Adds Filters in the Subscriptions Feed on iOS, Coming to Android Later On

YouTube allows users to subscribe to their favourite channels, making it easier to track fresh videos. But once you start spending more time on the largest video platform on the Internet, you are likely to unsubscribe to a large number of YouTube channels. You'll end up with a crowded subscription feed on the YouTube mobile app, making it harder to track new videos from your favourite channels. YouTube is now looking to fix this on its mobile app by adding new filters to subscription feeds starting with iOS.

YouTube's iOS app has received new filters in subscription feeds with six options. Users will be able to choose from All, Today, Continuing Watching, Undated, Live and Post. Android apps will receive a similar feature in the near future, Google says. This feature will be highly useful for YouTube users who have subscribed to multiple channels.

After tapping on a specific filter, users will see the video in a reverse-chronological list. These include all videos from the subscribed channel, videos posted on that particular day, a user can stop watching live videos and videos in the middle of the YouTube channel. YouTube is calling these filters a 'topic'.

In a thread posted in Google's support forum, the company wrote, "During our testing, we noticed that these topics encouraged more subscribers to come to their subs feed daily to look for new updates. These topics Are optional and will continue to be your default subscription feed. To show all the videos you have subscribed to. "

There is no doubt that this is a welcome move from YouTube, and the company can improve these filters by adding slightly more powerful features. YouTube is asking users to submit their feedback which will help improve the feature in the coming months.