Introduction to YouTube Direct Messaging
Meanwhile, YouTube has been working on expanding its direct messaging feature.
Additionally, this feature was initially introduced in 2017 but was discontinued two years later.
However, the company has given it another shot through a limited experiment that started in November.
Expansion of Direct Messaging
Therefore, the YouTube team has announced that it is expanding this experiment to more countries.
For example, the test initially only included Poland and Ireland, but now it covers 31 countries in total.
Furthermore, this expansion keeps the experiment exclusively in Europe, so US users are still getting left out.
Here are all the markets where messaging is currently available:
- Austria
- Belgium
- Bulgaria
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Ireland
- Italy
- Latvia
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Malta
- Netherlands
- Norway
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
How Direct Messaging Works
Meanwhile, if you’re 18 or older and signed into your YouTube account, this experiment will let you message other users and share videos directly in the YouTube app.
Additionally, you can also extend an invite to your friends and share with them after they accept the invite.
However, a notification will alert you if the invite has been accepted.
Conclusion
Finally, the expansion of YouTube’s direct messaging feature is a significant development for the platform.
Therefore, users in the included countries can now try out this feature and experience the benefits of direct messaging on YouTube.
