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Add tap & hold to 2x speed playback in videos

Open imkh opened this issue 1 month ago • 0 comments

I noticed that there have been some video-related changes recently, though it's mostly bug fixes from what I understand. I thought I would suggest this feature request that has been on my mind for a while: adding the option to tap & hold to play back at 2x speed (and return to 1x speed when the finger is lifted).

While changing the video playback speed is already possible, it requires navigating through the menu and sub-menu that currently appears when we tap & hold. The two other options (Share Link and Download Video...) are also available in the 3-dots menu, so no features would be lost.

Screenshots of the current behavior in the video player
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I'm not sure how technically feasible this is. Not a big deal if it's not possible, but it would be nice since most video players & social media apps have adopted this UX pattern in the last couple of years. It's a bit frustrating every time I try it in Apollo out of habit and find that it doesn't work 😅

imkh avatar Nov 09 '25 10:11 imkh