YouTube, the world’s most popular video sharing platform, has announced that it will update its design, which has not been touched for years, except for minor renewals, and add new features to the platform. When we look at the statements made, we see that the changes in question are at a level that can affect the YouTube experience.
When we look at the changes announced by YouTube, we see that it focuses on providing users with a cleaner and fluent interface. In addition, some long-requested features such as video zoom are finally being added. Without further ado, we’re taking a close look at YouTube’s design changes.
YouTube’s new features
ambient mode
*Old design (left) and new design (right)
Ambient mode is a change that seems small at first glance, but it is stated that it will positively affect the user experience. With the said feature, the area where the video title, number of views, description are located, gets a blurred lighting in harmony with the colors in the video instead of the static YouTube interface color. With the ambient mode feature, we can say that the lights in the video seem to be reflected in the relevant section.
However, the video title has grown in size; that the buttons such as share, like, download have been moved under the channel name, they have been turned into buttons from small icons; We see that the Subscribe text has been moved under the channel name and turned into a button. The new design seems to be more in line with today’s design habits in general. In addition, it should be noted that the dark mode will now come with a ‘dark’ background in both the web and TV applications.
Video zoom
Now whether you’re using the iOS or Android app. Just like you zoom in on the photos in your gallery, you can zoom in and out of a certain part of the video by simultaneously opening and closing YouTube videos with two fingers. Moreover, unlike Instagram posts, when you zoom in on a region, the video continues to play zoomed in even if you take your finger off.
Camera roll when rewinding videos
You know, YouTube only shows a single frame on the player when you rewind a video. However, now not only the frame where the player is, but also before and after will be shown. So you can wrap the video exactly where you want it.
According to the statement made by YouTube, the design change and new features will begin to be available as of today.
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