YouTube gets a new design and logo, more features added
YouTube gets the biggest aesthetic makeover for the first time in the past 12 years. The biggest change after the revamp is seen in YouTube's logo. The earlier logo focused on the word "tube" if you remember. After the redesign, YouTube has now included a video play button before the word "YouTube" (you can see the image above). Both the desktop and mobile version of YouTube has been re-designed. Apart from the changes in the logo, with the major revamp, YouTube brings a range of features on board.
"It's an evolution, not a revolution," says Christopher Bettig, the head of YouTube's art department. With the revamp, the video platform announces basket of new features like typeface, color scheme and few more. The YouTube mobile app for both iOS and Android users has been redesigned. YouTube is eventually rolling out the features to both the platforms.
The newly designed YouTube comes with a lot of new features. YouTube app now includes a white background along with the new logo. This is placed on the left top of the platform. The navigation tabs also see major changes. With the revamp, YouTube navigation tab has been moved at the bottom of the page. YouTube also comes with a new Library and Accounts tab.
YouTube has also introduced a new gesture which will allow users in fast forwarding or rewinding a video. With the new feature, users will be able to forward or rewind a YouTube just by double tapping the left and right side of the video screen. This new swiping gesture is yet to be rolled out, and YouTube says that they will do so in the next couple of months.
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The redesigned YouTube app also brings another feature which will allow viewers to switch to previous video by swiping left. While, if the view wants to view the next video, all you need to do is swipe right. This will reduce the burden of going back and forth to watch a video.
New YouTube will soon bring in different video formats. YouTube is said to bring in square and vertical formats for watching videos. This means that viewers will be able to watch videos on YouTube in full screen mode in both square and vertical formats. Right now, if a user tries to watch a video in full screen mode YouTube changes the orientation to horizontal format which sort of affects the viewing experience.
With the revamp, YouTube introduces the playback speed feature to mobile app. To recall, this feature was earlier available only for the desktop users. Now, the mobile users will also be able to have access to the YouTube playback speed feature, which can be found on the settings menu of the application.
Apart from these features, YouTube is reportedly working on the suggested videos section as well. These are the videos that appear on the sides. YouTube seems to be testing this also, and says that they are soon going to bring some new features related to the same.
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