YouTube fans furious after controversial update puts Google results on search page
YOUTUBE has sparked fury after apparently testing a new feature that shows Google results in the app.
It means websites appear among videos when searching for clips on the site.
The feature doesn't appear to have rolled out to everyone.
But it was spotted by an eagle-eyed Reddit user, who it on the site.
The user had searched for "open beer with knife", which resulted in a list of possible videos.
However, after the fourth video was a new section called "result from the web".
But some YouTubers are already big fans of the change.
"Sometimes I'm looking for a tutorial but I want a video explaining it," they said.
"And if it doesn't exist, now I have the option to do a quick Google search in the app."
And one added: "Personally I wouldn't like getting Google search results in the YouTube app, but I can see it being helpful for some.
"Making it an optional function would be best [in my opinion]."
Google hasn't rolled this out to everyone, so it's likely just a test.
Importantly, this means that the new feature could be scrapped before it ever becomes part of the general YouTube release.
We've asked YouTube for comment and will update this story with any response.
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