Roadmap

Easy to build, and YouTube could too.

Some of Villow isn't finished yet, and some of it can only fully exist inside YouTube. It's all here anyway, with honest labels, because it shows how simple these improvements would be.

Coming soon

Planned or partly built. Not available yet.

  • SocialComing soon

    Watch together

    Watch videos together with friends. The app already has a spot waiting for it.

  • ExtensionComing soon

    Safari, iPhone and iPad

    The extension on Safari, including iPhone and iPad. This is future work.

Showcases

Things only a platform can fully deliver. Villow shows how they could work, and YouTube could build them.

  • Real lifeShowcase

    Creator calls to action

    A creator attaches one focused, real-world next step to a video, shown right beside it. The real thing needs YouTube Studio, so Villow shows an example of how it could work.

  • InformationShowcase

    Community notes beside videos, and a notification when a video you watched gets one

    Notes beside misleading videos, shown once people with different viewpoints agree they help. Anyone who already watched is notified, and the notification stays until they've read the note. Not built into Villow, because it needs a platform's community.

Exploring

Early ideas. They may change, or never ship.

  • AIExploring

    Topic guidance, chapter generation, comment AI and "Talk with AI"

    Early ideas that appear in the app as labelled placeholders. They may change, or be removed if they don't support a healthy experience.

  • Getting VillowExploring

    Creator submission portal

    A place where creators could submit a real-world next step for their videos, for Villows to show.

  • Getting VillowExploring

    Global recommendations

    A shared recommendation service that independent Villows could draw on.

Fix the Web

Imagine if YouTube built these in.

Every item on this page is something a platform could offer everyone. That's what Fix the Web is asking for.