What are YouTube Premiers, and How Do You Use Them?

Source: How-To Geek

YouTube has added a new way to share and watch videos: YouTube Premiers. Premiers are a mix between a live stream and a traditional YouTube video. You prerecord them, but then play those recordings live, with live chat and donations like standard live streams.

Premiers announce what time they’re premiering on your channel, and show up in feeds before they go live, giving viewers the option to be reminded of them a few minutes prior.

This makes premiers into a sort of YouTube-based TV show, with a set air time and no spoilers from other viewers (as you can’t skip ahead). Like live streams, they are saved to your channel after they’re done “premiering,” and look just like a normal video to anyone who missed the event.

This new direction makes a lot of sense for YouTube, as they are in a particularly good place to offer television-like content. Premiers could change the whole dynamic of viewer interaction on the site. Premiers make new videos on the site into a community experience and are going to be enjoyable for viewers as well as creators.

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