Android 2.3 User Manual

YouTube

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Android User’s Guide

Discovering videos

You can discover YouTube videos in many different ways, including browsing by 
category, searching, and by exploring information about a video on its watch screen.

Viewing the channels of people who have uploaded a video you like is also a great way 
to discover videos: see “Working with channels” on page 303.

Search for videos

1

Press the Search button

 when YouTube is running. 

You can also press the search icon 

 on the YouTube home screen or press 

Menu

 and touch 

Search.

2

Enter the text you want to search for, or touch the Microphone icon to search by 
voice.

3

Touch a suggestion below the search box or touch the magnifying glass icon 

 

to search for what you’ve entered.

4

Scroll through the search results and touch a video to watch it.

Initially, your search results include every matching video ever uploaded. But you 
can limit the results to a more recent period of time by touching 

All time (or the 

current time filter setting) at the top of the search results screen.

You can set whether you want to filter out potentially offensive videos with 
SafeSearch. You can also clear your search history, so it is not included in 
suggestions when you search YouTube. See “Changing YouTube settings” on 
page 304.

Browse for videos by category

1

Press Menu

 and touch 

Browse.

2

Touch a category in the scrolling list of YouTube categories (or touch 

All).

The category screen opens for the category you touched, with a list of videos you 
can touch to watch.

You can limit the videos on the category screen to a more or less recent period of 
time, by touching the current time filter setting at the top of the category screen.

Touch a tab to view the most viewed, top rated, most discussed, or most favorited 
videos in that category.