For a decade now, YouTube creators have been overlaying annotations in their videos for a variety of reasons. Sometimes it’s to note a correction, and other
For a decade now, YouTube creators have been overlaying annotations in their videos for a variety of reasons. Sometimes it’s to note a correction, and other times it’s to link to a supplementary or new video. For end users, annotations can often be annoying pop-ups that get in the way of videos, but the good news is that viewers won’t have to contend with them much longer.
Last year, YouTube announced that it was shutting down its annotations editor. The primary reason for this move was that annotations have never been displayed on mobile devices, and with a growing number of YouTube viewers accessing videos through its various mobile apps, there was little point in continuing to support annotations they’d never see.
