YouTube has added a new feature which is focused at making videos more personalized and interactive.  Users can now add annotations to the videos which they upload on the site.  Using this feature, users can add notes, comments, YouTube video and channel links within the the video.

To use this service which is in beta currently, you need to log in to your YouTube account, select the desired video, and click on “Edit Annotations.”  This will allow you to add notes, speech bubbles and highlight boxes anywhere in the video as it plays.  Once you have added the annotations, just save and publish the video to share with other users.

The best part about these annotations is that any user who does not want to view them can turn them off while watching the video.  This can be done using the menu button on YouTube player.

Here is an example of annotated video:

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