YouTube has been busy with a new initiative. The popular video app is testing a new video page that unites its web and iOS/Android designs. As of right now, rollouts are taking the spotlight much more slowly than we thought they would. But it could come to you soon.
Several parts of the page have been changed, and we love the news that a new type of unified interface is available. One of the best parts is the buttons, which are made to look like pills and represent all of the important parts. For example, the Like Count and Thumbs Up/Down have been combined into a single container, whereas before they were in two different places.
And the app’s other popular commands will get the same kind of attention. This has buttons for download, create, share, and more. But a lot more is changing. For example, the carousel that shows up on mobile devices will now be shown below the information about a channel. You’ll find the information right after things like the content’s title, date of publication, hashtags, and the total number of views.
The coincidence with the Ambient Mode is another thing to keep an eye out for. Here, the description can be combined with the bottom of the video and the system’s bar. We feel that the whole view gives us a more immersive experience. And if you want to turn it on or off, all you have to do is go to your overflow menu.
The top comment is something that experts and people who use apps a lot of love about the screen. This will now be put in a more visible place. We might think it’s meant to get more and more people involved.
But the desktop version of YouTube is different in a lot of ways. Here is where visual descriptions get more visual attention, and the app hopes that creators will definitely get something good out of it.
Overall, a few users have already talked about seeing the changes over the past few weeks, so the full rollout should happen soon. So keep an eye out, and we’ll let you know too.
