In recent weeks, the YouTube developer team has started rolling out a new video page that makes changes to various elements and unifies the design across platforms (Android, iOS and desktop).
The most important change is represented by the use of pill-shaped buttons for the key elements of the screen, which thus acquires a more modern look.
The most important change is represented by the use of pill-shaped buttons for the key elements of the screen, which thus acquires a more modern look.
How the interface of the YouTube video screen changes
And so, instead of using two separate thumb up and thumb down buttons, the new interface implements a single button that contains both options. A similar approach is also adopted for the buttons for sharing, creating content, downloading and other normal actions, with the use of pill-shaped buttons.
And so, instead of using two separate thumb up and thumb down buttons, the new interface implements a single button that contains both options. A similar approach is also adopted for the buttons for sharing, creating content, downloading and other normal actions, with the use of pill-shaped buttons.
In addition, on mobile devices, the carousel with these actions is now under the channel details and other information (after the video title is the number of views, publication date and hashtags).
This new design could also coincide with the "Ambient Mode", which allows the bottom of a video to occupy the description section, in order to offer users a more engaging experience (this mode can be manually enabled or disabled through the overflow menu).
Another important change is that by virtue of which the main comments are placed within a more prominent container, with the hope that users will be encouraged to comment more on the various contents they find on the platform. According to reports, this new interface has appeared for the first users over the last few days but has not yet been widely implemented.
In any case, a couple of years after the last major restyling of YouTube, it seems the time has come for a new look.
Written by Matteo with love from Italy
This new design could also coincide with the "Ambient Mode", which allows the bottom of a video to occupy the description section, in order to offer users a more engaging experience (this mode can be manually enabled or disabled through the overflow menu).
Another important change is that by virtue of which the main comments are placed within a more prominent container, with the hope that users will be encouraged to comment more on the various contents they find on the platform. According to reports, this new interface has appeared for the first users over the last few days but has not yet been widely implemented.
In any case, a couple of years after the last major restyling of YouTube, it seems the time has come for a new look.
Written by Matteo with love from Italy
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