YOGYAKARTA - YouTube has launched a new feature for its users as a step to continue to innovate. The latest feature of the video sharing platform is called YouTube Handle. YouTube notified and introduced this new feature by sending messages to the user's e-mail.

The YouTube Handle feature will be released in stages starting November 14, 2022. YouTube will always notify its users regarding the development of this feature via e-mail.

YouTube presents the YouTube Handle feature to make it easier for users to communicate or interact with other accounts. YouTube users will be able to carry out mention or tag accounts after this feature is available.

We want creators and content creators to have unique identities like their content, while providing services to viewers so that they can more easily interact with their favorite content creators, an official statement written by YouTube.

YouTube Handle is a feature called channel. This feature makes YouTube account owners easy to connect and interact with other accounts using the name of the channel.

YouTube Handle is similar to usernames of accounts on social media such as Instagram, TikTok, or Twitter. So users can mention or tag other people's accounts in comments columns, community posts, and more.

Later YouTube users will have the username of each account with the Handle YouTube feature. This Handle feature aims so that users can easily find channel accounts.

The username in the YouTube Handle feature has the same characteristics as a social media username, which cannot be duplicated. So the username is only one or cannot be used by another account. Unlike the name of the YouTube channel that can be used again or create the same name.

Here are some of the uses of the YouTube Handle feature

The steps you need to take to change your username or YouTube Handel name are very easy.

You can directly check or review the results of your name if the handle is saved. How to check it by writing down the address in the browser, type youtube.com/@the name you selected. For example: youtube.com/@alviewtech. If your YouTube channel page is immediately open, it means that your Handle settings are successful.

The YouTube Handle feature can be used by all YouTube users, be it creators who own the channel or regular audience. YouTube initially limited this feature to channels with at least 100 subscribers. But the policy was deleted and this feature can be used by all accounts.

That's what YouTube Handle means and its uses for YouTube users. This feature can be used by all YouTube users, both creators and regular viewers. The launch of this feature is carried out in stages, so always check the updated developments from YouTube.

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