Overview

• YouTube is gradually deploying the Jump Ahead feature to its TV app, with availability varying by device and region.
• Premium subscribers can tap their remote’s fast-forward key to automatically skip to segments most viewers replay.
• The AI-powered tool analyzes aggregated viewing data to pinpoint commonly skipped sections and marks them with a dot on the progress bar.
• Jump Ahead first launched on web and mobile in May 2024 and fills a long-standing gap for TV viewers.
• Early sightings include Nvidia Shield TV, Samsung Smart TVs and Google TV streamers, and YouTube’s support page confirms availability on Living Room devices.