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YouTube Shorts are getting even shorter with an update that lets you double the playback speed

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3:02 PM PDT · June 25, 2026

YouTube is rolling out a series of changes to Shorts, including a new method that lets users shrink the duration of short form videos.

The Google-owned platform announced Thursday that Shorts now comes with a setting that allows users to double their playback speed. The point of making what is an already brief experience even briefer is to let users “absorb information more quickly or find your favorite part faster,” the platform said.

In an apparent bid for a more positive web, YouTube has also nixed the Shorts dislike button. Instead of disliking a video, users will now have to rely on the “Not Interested” and “Don’t recommend this channel” functions to disincentivize certain kinds of content.

Similarly, instead of clicking on a thumb’s up button if they like a video, users will now have access to a heart emoji.

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