YTHoldForSpeed allows you to quickly toggle between a selected video playback speed by tapping and holding on the video player in the YouTube application. There is also the option to automatically apply the selected speed when a new video player is launched.
This tweak was tested on various versions of the YouTube application released between 2020 and 2023 with the last known working version being 19.03.2. The tweak has been tested on iOS 14.7.1 with checkra1n, iOS 15.1.1 as a sideloaded app, and iOS 15.7.5 / 16.4.1 with palera1n-c (rootless). It is compatible with all devices on iOS 13 to iOS 16.
Navigate to the Settings panel within YouTube to find a new section titled "Hold for speed." Here you can configure the following:
- Hold gesture (please be aware that by enabling this feature, the stock tap and hold gesture will be disabled)
- Disable stock gestures (please be aware that if the hold gesture is enabled, the stock gestures will be automatically disabled)
- Automatically apply speed
- Toggle speed
- Hold duration (in seconds)
- Haptic feedback (only shown for devices that support haptic feedback)
This tweak likely would have never been released without the help from PoomSmart and his many open-source YouTube tweaks.
The "forward" icon was created by Anderson Ramirez and is available from the Noun Project.
If you'd like to support the development of this tweak, consider checking out my other jailbreak tweaks, Sleeper and FlixRatings for Netflix, or my App Store application, Time2WOD.
Also please consider sending a donation to PoomSmart.
The code is fully compatible to be sideloaded into the YouTube IPA using tools such as TrollStore, Theos-Jailed, Sideloadly, Altstore, Azule, or simply Xcode.