YouTube may be getting incognito mode

MANILA, Philippines – YouTube’s Android app may be getting an incognito mode, as spotted by Android blog, Android Police. 

An incognito or anonymous mode essentially means an app or service will stop keeping track of your activities as long as that mode is on.

In YouTube’s case, the incognito mode will reportedly stop the app from keeping a history of your video searches and what videos you’ve viewed, and stop the app from making video recommendations and temporarily stop channel subscriptions. 

In the past, one can partially avoid being tracked by not logging into one’s account. With incognito mode, one has the option of partialy stopping activity tracking while staying logged in. However, as Android Police’s screenshots show, one’s activity may still be visible to one’s “employer, school or internet service provider.” The option is said to be available in the account settings page.

No further information has been released by YouTube as to when the feature might be released or its detailed functions. – Rappler.com