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YouTube now lets TV viewers jump straight to the highlights


'Jump Ahead' figures out where most people usually skip to and takes you straight there.

The feature studies where most people skip (sponsors, fluff, awkward intros) using AI and yeets you past the nonsense. Mishaal Rahman from Android Authority spotted the Jump Ahead feature working on his Nvidia Shield TV. While the app did add a waveform to show popular parts of a video, it wasn’t exactly the easiest or most useful way to find key moments.

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