Double Tap to Go Forward or Backwards
When watching a video from your favorite creator, you might have to endure in-video ads and sponsors. And while watching these is a great way to support your favorite YouTubers, it’s also a waste of time if you’re in a hurry.
Fortunately, you can skip forward or backward with just a couple of taps. All you need to do is open the video you want to watch and double-tap the left side of the video to go backward.
Likewise, you can double-tap the right side of the video to move forward. Doing this will move the video forward or backward for 10 seconds. But there’s another trick you can use.
Instead of just double-tapping, you can tap three, four, or as many times as you want. If you do it quickly enough, you’ll move forward or backward in 10-second increments. The more you tap, the bigger the time skip.
Just keep in mind that this won’t help you skip official YouTube ads — you’ll need to pay for YouTube Premium if you don’t want to endure those — but it’s still a great way to skip past in-video sponsorships or preambles to get to the interesting stuff.