Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority
TL;DR
- Some Android customers report seeing a brand new video participant UI within the YouTube app.
- YouTube’s newest participant UI relocates plenty of buttons and exhibits extra details about the video.
- It additionally provides a gesture that allows you to rapidly transfer between movies in a playlist.
YouTube is one in all, if not, the greatest Android apps for streaming movies. As a result of it’s utilized by so many individuals, Google makes use of A/B exams to catch bugs earlier than they make their method to most of the people, in addition to gauge the response in direction of sure adjustments. Google is now A/B testing a brand new video participant UI within the YouTube for Android app, and judging by the responses we’ve seen on-line, many individuals aren’t followers.
Earlier immediately, tipster David Df on Telegram despatched me a message a few new video participant UI that he bought within the YouTube app on Android. After evaluating the UI proven in his screenshots to the UI that I presently see within the YouTube app on my Android telephones, it’s clear that Google is making some massive adjustments to the video participant’s interface.
Right here’s a comparability between the present and new video participant UI within the YouTube app:
There are a LOT of adjustments right here, so I’ve compiled a listing of those that I noticed:
- The video title has been moved to above the progress bar.
- The channel icon and subscriber depend at the moment are proven subsequent to the channel identify.
- The view depend and printed date at the moment are proven beneath the title.
- The develop button has been moved to the highest left. Subsequent to it’s a rotate button. A second playlist button has been added the place the develop button was once above the progress bar.
- It appears the ahead/backward buttons are lacking within the new UI in fullscreen mode. Nonetheless, they seem when you pause the video whereas in portrait mode.
- The like, dislike, remark, share, and extra buttons have been moved above the progress bar on the proper facet. Moreover, you too can see how many individuals have appreciated and commented beneath the buttons.
- The bookmark button is now hidden beneath the menu, however the Remix button is now proven by default.
- A button to see the video chapters has been added to the bottom-left subsequent to the second pause button.
The newest server-side YouTube replace has some extra adjustments which are solely obvious once you’re watching movies in a playlist. These embrace the next:
- Now you can swipe up and down to maneuver between movies in a playlist.
- You possibly can solely swipe down to reduce a video if it’s the primary video in a playlist (or not a part of a playlist in any respect).
Right here’s a brief video that demonstrates these new playlist gestures:
Google has been A/B testing this new video participant UI with some Android customers for a number of weeks now. Members of Reddit’s YouTube neighborhood are largely not followers of this new UI, and customers like DefinitionIcy4835 and Lumpy-Firefighter155 have gone public with their dissatisfaction. Personally, I feel a denser UI like this makes extra sense on bigger display units, akin to TVs that run Google TV, however what do you consider it? Tell us within the feedback beneath!