YouTube users on mobile have long envied the desktop site’s ability to share videos starting at precise moments. No more. The platform rolled out ‘Share at Timestamp’ to its iOS and Android apps this week, closing a gap that’s frustrated creators and viewers alike for years. Pause at the key second. Hit share. Toggle the option. Done. Links now direct recipients straight to that spot, no scrubbing required. This arrives via an official update detailed in YouTube’s community forum post , where the company frames it as an expansion of a desktop staple. Good news! We’re bringing Share at Timestamp to the YouTube mobile app, the post declares. But there’s a catch. It replaces the Clips tool, launched back in 2021, which let users carve out short segments with start and end times plus custom descriptions. Existing clips play on. New ones? Not from YouTube directly. Why ditch Clips? YouTube points to alternatives.…