• YouTube has introduced a new timer that automatically pauses scrolling through Shorts. • Scrolling can be resumed at any time, and Shorts will still appear throughout the app while the main feed is paused. • This timer is rolling out beginning today, but you may not have it just yet.

Back in April, we found evidence that YouTube was working on a new feature aimed helping users limit their time watching Shorts videos. Code in a beta version of the YouTube app included mentions of a new timer system that’d stop users from scrolling through the Shorts feed once a predefined timer had expired. Now, that feature is rolling out.

TechCrunch spotted this morning that YouTube announced a new daily time limit option for scrolling through Shorts. Once you set up that timer, you’ll get a “dism

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