New design reduces screen clutter while adding threaded replies and smoother navigation animations.
YouTube is rolling out a bunch of visual and usability upgrades this week, all designed to make watching, commenting, and navigating smoother. The changes are going live globally across mobile, desktop, and TV.
The biggest update here is a refreshed video player. YouTube has reworked the interface so buttons and icons cover less of the video – a subtle but welcome tweak that keeps your screen focused on what matters most.
YouTube is launching a cleaner and more immersive video player across mobile, web, and TV devices. | Image credit – GoogleThis cleaner design has been in testing for a few weeks with select users, so it might already look familiar to some. The double-tap-to-seek gesture is also getting a refresh that YouTube calls “more modern and less intrusive,” meaning those quick skips forward or backward should now feel smoother and less distracting.On mobile, switching between tabs will now feel snappier too, thanks to improved motion design that makes navigation more fluid.