[lolinder]

> Can't you just change the volume on your device?

And this is the problem with YouTube shorts—they've been designed exclusively for the mobile experience without any consideration for desktop.

On desktop it's always been customary to allow adjusting the volume on each piece of media individually, because multitasking is not uncommon. Some people will want to be able to adjust the volume of YouTube independently from the volume of the video game they're playing at the same time. Or even just turn the volume down while still having full volume alerts from Slack.

[spencerchubb]

I don't see it as a problem to make a mobile-first experience. A volume setting takes up screen real estate and is really not needed on mobile.

Perhaps it will be added to desktop Shorts as the product matures.

[lolinder]

> A volume setting takes up screen real estate and is really not needed on mobile.

This is a solved problem: don't show the volume control on mobile. This is what YouTube already does for every other kind of video.

[spencerchubb]

I agree, and that's what I just said. YouTube Shorts has not existed very long, but it could very well be on the roadmap to add a volume control to the desktop version.