Following a major YouTube update in October 2023 32 new featuresGoogle’s video platform continues to change its formula to meet user expectations.
In a blog article published on March 13, 2024, the development teams announced the upcoming release of:A new interface for the YouTube TV application. With the democratization of connected TVs, more and more users have taken to watching YouTube from the comfort of their sofas. As YouTube executives Joe Hines and Aishwarya Agarwal put it, the numbers speak for themselves: Television viewing now exceeds one billion hours a day.
Faced with this observation, the idea for this reworked interface emerged”“Bringing the familiar features and interactivity of YouTube into the living room while keeping video at the heart of the experience.”
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YouTube’s TV app is completely overhauling its interface
With this in mind, the developers chose to: reduce video player size in the YouTube TV app to view certain basic features such as product reviews, descriptions or purchases. As a reminder, until now this various information was displayed above the video player (thus obscuring the right side of the screen), which seriously harmed the viewing experience.
Additionally, users will be able to: check ratings for a video like number of likes and views. The publication date will also be displayed. we can too Open search bar when in Full Screen modewhich is quite welcome. Finally, let us note that YouTube TV will soon benefit from the same improvements, and it will be possible to read comments at the same time as the video through a minimized player.
As a reminder, YouTube TV recently adopted a new 1080p display definition to improve streaming quality. According to Google, 1080P Enhanced is the best quality available on the subscription video platform.
