{"id":101107,"date":"2018-05-25T16:40:28","date_gmt":"2018-05-25T16:40:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=101107"},"modified":"2025-07-01T23:28:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T06:28:07","slug":"how-youtube-chat-works-and-what-you-can-do-with-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/how-youtube-chat-works-and-what-you-can-do-with-it\/","title":{"rendered":"How YouTube chat works and what you can do with it"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">YouTube got non-stop updates in 2017. The video streaming platform knows that industry competition is fierce, so last year it launched a lot of new features, and developed some features that were already available but easy-to-miss. This is where YouTube chat comes in. Although it\u2019s hard to believe, the system has a messaging service like WhatsApp or Facebook Messenger. Today at Softonic, we\u2019ll tell you <\/span><b>how YouTube chat works and what you can do with it.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/feBF_IY-HI8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><b>Step by step<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">YouTube chat isn\u2019t any different from what you see on major messaging services. In other words, you can write messages, send emojis and hold a normal conversation. However, the biggest difference is that <\/span><b>everything is focused on YouTube<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Instead of attaching videos or images, the icon is of sharing a YouTube clip. It\u2019s a chat designed for browsing on the platform.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"YouTube\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-logo-l,f_auto,dpr_auto\/p\/10d25878-96d2-11e6-8469-00163ed833e7\/1893335725\/youtube-logo.png\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">YouTube<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/youtube.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download Free<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--80\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"80\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"8\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\">8<\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/youtube.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<p>For whatever reason,<b> Google hid the chat feature\u00a0in a place you&#8217;re unlikely to look<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. To chat,\u00a0we\u2019re going to select a video and click <strong>\u201cShare.\u201d<\/strong> When the menu opens, select the user you want to send the video to. Do this and the chat will open. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This screen is the main conversation interface, which hides some secrets. If you click on the three dots that appear on the top, the app will display a menu where some options appear, such as <\/span><b>\u201cView participants\u201d <\/b>of the chat,<b> \u201cAdd participants,\u201d \u201cDelete chat\u201d <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">and<\/span><b> \u201cMute notifications.\u201d <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Of course, each name indicates what you can do under each. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In case you want to see the chat you\u2019ve opened previously, all you have to do is click on <\/span><b>\u201cActivity\u201d <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">and then <\/span><b>\u201cView contacts.\u201d<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> There all your previous conversations will appear, as well as all possible chats of yours.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>A big asterisk to this is that you have to have a confirmed name\u00a0on YouTube or none of this will work. 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