New UI for Video Player on YouTube
As per the claims on Reddit (via Android Authority), a brand new UI for the video participant is showing for some customers which replaces the present gradient layer on the backside. It is alleged to convey a redesigned look with pill-shaped media controls. The play/pause, skip, video chapters, timestamp, and different choices seem with their very own pill-shaped capsules.
However, not all are happy with this transformation. Following its rollout, customers report that the video participant now not permits them to hover over the amount slider to regulate it. Further, the up and down arrow keys additionally seem to have misplaced means to tweak the amount. Gadgets 360 workers members couldn’t confirm this UI change.
New Features on YouTube’s twentieth Anniversary
YouTube detailed the brand new options rolling out as a part of its twentieth anniversary commemorations in a weblog post. On YouTube Music and YouTube Premium, paid English-language subscribers can create personalised radio stations to positive tune their listening expertise utilizing the Ask Music function. Introduced final 12 months for a restricted variety of customers, it leverages AI to generate a radio station based mostly on voice-based descriptions. Users can ask it to generate stations for themes reminiscent of “upbeat exercise tracks” or “stress-free jazz” and it’ll collate the related tracks. This function can even be expanded quickly, it added.
Additionally, YouTube Premium subscribers can toggle a quicker video playback with the introduction of 4x playback pace. Thus, they now have entry to a spread of choices above customary 2x pace; 2.05x, 2.5x, 3x.
YouTube’s TV app can also be claimed to get large upgrades this 12 months, beginning in summer time. It is alleged to convey simpler navigation, playback and tweaks to the general high quality. Users can even achieve streamlined entry to the channel data, feedback, and the subscribing choice, as per the corporate.
