By Lorena Figueredo
YouTube has long been the leading digital entertainment platform. Since its creation, it has implemented several new features, but this time There are some new features who arrive to give a facelift to the platform. The changes implemented by YouTube affect both mobile devices, smart TVs and computers.
YouTube wants to adapt to the needs of its users, which is why it offers tools to further customize the application and the interactivity is even better. Below we present the changes available to all users, including those using the free version.
Changes that land on YouTube
The first of the changes we are going to tell you about is the fine adjustment of playback speed videos. You can choose to increase or decrease the speed in increments of 0.05.
Another improvement in this update concerns horizontal visualization. Now it will be easier panoramic navigationwill initially be available on Android devices and will come to iOS later in the future. The platform is also more fluid and the size of the video covers has increased, as well as the text, adapting to this horizontal format.
The new reproducer in PiP (Picture-in-Picture) mode This is another change YouTube has made. This redesign allows you to move the player anywhere on the screen without interruption and is optimized for multitasking while still watching content.
The features related to the customization of the platform have not been left out either. On the one hand, the option has arrived of create collaborative playlistssimilar to Spotify sessions. In these collaborative lists, everyone will be able to add videos and vote to modify their order. It will even be possible to generate a QR code from Smart TVs to allow other people to join the playlist from other devices.
On the other hand, we can also create covers for playlists using AIor let artificial intelligence generate an image for each playlist itself. This function is similar to the one currently available Spotify.
More and more improvements
He Sleep timer is a feature that was added to the free version of YouTube and was previously only available to YouTube Premium subscribers. This allows set a time limit for reading content. This means that the videos stop after the allotted time has elapsed.
YouTube has not forgotten Smart TVs and has launched an update to the design of these devices. From now on, the short videos or Shorts are suitable for big screens and present the comments on the right side. The new design also adds a new look with pops of color.
Finally, we want to highlight the change that has been implemented in the mobile application. We refer to the switch between screen formatshorizontal and vertical, now more comfortable and fluid.
All the improvements we mentioned in this article are gradually rolling out to Android devices and the YouTube Smart TV app. As the days and weeks pass, They will be accessible to all users around the world.