San Francisco: The Google-owned YouTube is introducing a new feature called Playables, which will allow viewers to play games directly on the site, in an attempt to entice people to sign up for its premium membership.
According to Gizmochina, users may play arcade games in the Playables section of the YouTube app or desktop website without having to download anything.
When users enter Playables, they will see two tabs -- Home and Browse.
The Home tab shows a selection of popular titles as well as a list of recently played games. The Browse tab, on the other hand, has a larger selection of games, with around 37 currently available.
Popular titles such as Angry Birds Showdown, Brain Out, and Daily Solitaire are among the first games available on Playables. While the current library is small, more games are expected to be added in the future.
Playables is currently in beta testing and is only available to a select group of Premium subscribers. YouTube, on the other hand, plans to gradually expand access to Playables in the coming months, the report noted.
YouTube intends to continue offering Playables until March 28, 2024, at which point the company will evaluate its performance and make a decision on its future.
Meanwhile, YouTube has said it is testing new generative AI features that’ll let people create music tracks using just a text prompt or a simple hummed tune.
The company introduced Dream Track, an experiment on YouTube Shorts which is powered by Google DeepMind’s most advanced music generation model to date, Lyria.
With inputs from IANS