YouTube Playables

YouTube Playables are games that are able to be played on the YouTube website and app. Though primarily designed for mobile users, they are also available on desktop.https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/14328604
Playables were introduced in the middle of 2024 as an experimental feature. They are only available in their full form in selective countries, and can be played through sharing links in some non-PAL areas. Due to it's quiet release, not many critics or YouTubers have picked up on it's existence.https://web.archive.org/web/20240902144850/https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=youtube%20playables
==How it works==
Though YouTube has not yet disclosed how Playables run within the site, it can be assumed that on the website, it's through iframe embedding, and on the mobile app, it's just integrated into the app itself. Playables have saving capabilities, which are attached to a user's YouTube account. Recent games and save data can be found in Interactions, which is in the user's YouTube History tab.
Playables are displayed on the homepage, and can be found in the sidebar as well. There are also unique links for each game. Despite this, the library is underdeveloped, with no way to search by title or by genre within the library; however, specific games can be searched through the main YouTube search bar, where the searched game will be at the top of the Playables drawer on the search page.
==Current Playables==
==Trivia==
*Recommendations of Playables, such as in general on the Homepage, or specific Playable games, can be reduced by the 'Not interested' option.
*Some of the games included are ports of well-known, established games like Cut the Rope.https://www.youtube.com/playables/Ugkx2d5qQg5_Snq2mIm4BC1tyrHkdS_2daYs
==Gallery==
Playablesiconlighttheme.png|alt=A 3 by 3 row of white shapes in a flat, simplistic style. There's a diagonal row from the top left to the bottom right, with different symbols - a heart, hexagon, and diamond. The other symbols on the grid are rings.|left|200x200px|A recreation of the Playables logo, in light theme.
Playablesicondarktheme.png|alt=A 3 by 3 row of black shapes in a flat, simplistic style. There's a diagonal row from the top left to the bottom right, with different symbols - a heart, hexagon, and diamond. The other symbols on the grid are rings.|left|200x200px|A recreation of the Playables logo, in dark theme.
Playablespagelogo.jpg|200x200px|The logo on the main Playables page.
==References==
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