YouTube launches channel names with tags

YouTube is going to introduce handles (@). With this, the video platform wants to make it easier to mention people in comments, find content, initiate more interaction and improve communication on YouTube in general. So YouTube is going a bit on the ‘Twitter side’.

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In Twitter, your username is also called “handle”. Your username then starts with an at sign and is uniquely and specially yours. For example, our Twitter channel has the username @Androidworld. YouTube now also wants to introduce this. These handles should appear on the channel pages and the Shorts. This makes them more direct and recognizable than before, according to YouTube. The handles are appended to a YouTube channel’s pre-existing channel name, however the ‘handle name’ becomes the unique name for the channel. This too is just like on Twitter.

According to YouTube, all this should ensure that users can find channels more easily. However, the video platform also reports that the handles are especially intended for the creators themselves. This is to be able to better reach their community and interact with them more. You can handle people faster and easier with handles tag on YouTube and mention each other or the channel in a comment, according to the video platform.

From when?

YouTube reports that in the coming weeks the makers will receive an invitation to create a handle. The video platform also reports that in most cases a channel automatically receives a handle. This will happen if a channel already has a personalized URL. These makers can also choose to change this automatically created handle. All handles are unique, so YouTube will gradually roll out the change. When you as a creator can create a handle, depends on the number of subscribers, among other things.

What do you think of the new idea of ​​YouTube? Let us know in the comments below this article, we are curious.