How to control YouTube volume and brightness using gestures?

YouTube is the first thing we all think of when we search and watch all kinds of videos for information or entertainment; who can be visualized full screen for our convenience; but sometimes we wish we could control quickly volume and brightness from YouTube, you can control volume and brightness using gestures without having to leave the video display. This function is particularly useful when small devices such as Android Wear are in fashion .

What are gestures and what are they used for?

The need to have orders or increase zoom  when playing back a video full screen a was the start of what are known as gestures (also called swipes).

It's a feature that has become popular with the VLC Player (currently under the name Mobo Player); now we can also enjoy it on YouTube with an app which we will discuss later.

Gestures or swipes in the case of desktop applications are configured to work with mouse or mouse movement, and for mobile applications, they work with finger movement on the screen; Habitually, volume is controlled by vertical movements : upwards, it increases it and downwards, it decreases it.

This unfortunatly offers great comfort and better control videos we watch; In short, this is the main reason to use this function, because of its ease of use, without interfering with normal video playback. As well as being a good option for gamers, children, the elderly or even people with some degree of visual impairment.

What are touch controls for YouTube?

It is an application that allows you to control the volume and brightness of your YouTube videos using gestures, very quickly and without complicated settings; You can download this application in the Play Store in searching for the name Touch Controls for YouTube.

Its configuration is simple and includes different parameters such that: the speed that the gestures must have to adjust the volume and brightness, which can be set in percentage outside of the increments with numbers; It also has other cool settings but they do come with a cost like auto brightness or a single touch in any area to play and pause.

The advantage of this app is that it allows you to adjust the brightness and volume of your YouTube videos without the need of ROOT privileges, which frees the user from making complicated settings; Consequently, you can adjust the brightness by sliding your finger up or down on the left side of the screen and volume in the same way on the right side.

How to control volume and brightness with touch controls for YouTube gestures?

As you can imagine, the first step is to download and install an application developed by AppListo called Touch Controls for YouTube on your mobile device; after that, you just have to do two simple steps to activate the service of this application on your mobile device and have at your disposal the gestures or swipes to control the brightness and volume of the video.

• Step 1: Open the Touch Controls for YouTube app which will automatically locate you in the "Settings> Accessibility" options , where you will have to activate this application in the next step so that it is visible in the "Services".
• Step 2: Once in the “Accessibility” window, you will see several options, among which you have to select the one that says "Touch controls for YouTube" to be able to activate the service, then complete the configuration by pressing the button that will appear at the top of the screen.

In summary, Touch Controls for YouTube is a very easy way to control YouTube volume and brightness using simple gestures on your mobile device screen; all without having to minimize the window and without affecting the current playback. The gestures will become without a doubt a standard in video viewing en not much time .