YouTube TV can now give you your moment of zen [Video]

A new YouTube TV channel recognizes the popularity of ambient videos on the internet. By flipping over to YouTube TV Zen, viewers can watch a stream of relaxing content featuring pleasant things like landscapes, baby animals, and soft sounds.

YouTube TV subscribers can add the Zen channel to their Custom Live Guide. A direct link is also available.

The channel is inspired by a series of short videos that sometimes pop up during ad breaks on YouTube TV. In response to fan requests, YouTube compiled those scenes on a central hub so that viewers can access them 24/7. The appeal isn’t hard to see: In cold weather, it’s nice to see a crackling fireplace in between Liberty Mutual ads.

The embrace of “zen” content on YouTube TV follows a trend set on the web-based version of YouTube. That’s where ambient videos — whether they be soundscapes, podcasts, or Lofi Girl streams— …