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MacOS Sierra has a ton of neat features that'll change the way you work using your Mac
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The ability to play videos inside Messages probably isn't one of them, but it's certainly
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a nice touch that makes chatting to your friends and sharing content that much better
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Here's what you need to know. For starters, you'll need to find a video link that you want to send
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Next, copy the link from your web browser and paste it into Messages
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After you hit send, the link will transform into a live preview, allowing you to view it without opening up a separate Safari or other web browser window
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At the time of creating this video, this doesn't work for every video hosting site
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YouTube does work, but others like Vimeo currently don't. Like the picture in picture option on MacOS Sierra, there's no option to do anything beyond
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playing and pausing videos, so don't expect to be skipping back and forth through videos
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There is, however, the neat option to add reactions to the video, which you can do by
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clicking and holding. Live previews can also be created for webpage links, which display the featured image and
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headline straight in the Messages window, a bit like pasting a link into Facebook
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Well that's it for this video, but if you found it useful, go ahead and hit that like button and don't forget to hit subscribe for more great tutorials like this
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I'll catch you in the next one
