Earlier than this replace, you had been greeted by a stable again standing bar if you scrolled by way of the YouTube app’s Dwelling and Subscription feeds.
However now, you will note video thumbnails beneath, and also you additionally see notifications and standing bar icons beneath for a extra immersive expertise. And visually, it is also fairly a pleasing replace. The brand new change can also be in keeping with Ambient mode within the video participant.
Sadly although, in the event you’re on the high of the 2 feeds in query, it doesn’t look seamless when you could have system darkish theme enabled.
The brand new standing bar has been noticed on a number of gadgets working YouTube for Android model 19.37.25, each on Android 14 and Android 15. Nonetheless, it’s not but totally out there to everybody, so in the event you’re not seeing it but, you may have to attend a bit to get it.
YouTube has been getting fairly the updates lately, and it has been noticed engaged on a number of thrilling options as nicely. The video-sharing platform lately launched a function referred to as “Hype”, which is supposed to assist rising YouTube creators develop by connecting them to new audiences.
YouTube additionally lately launched the power to alter (form of) the header pictures of video playlists. Earlier than the change, video playlist thumbnails had been mechanically picked (the thumbnail of the primary video within the playlist was taken), however now you’ll be able to change it with the assistance of generative AI.
Different adjustments to YouTube which have been on lately embody a brand new Communities function (which is being examined proper now with a small variety of creators and their followers), and a wide range of protections for creators towards movies and content material generated from AI.
I personally am an enormous YouTube fan and I’ve in all probability invested numerous hours of my life to watching YouTube movies… so I am all the time thrilled when optimistic adjustments occur to the platform, even when they’re small visible tweaks just like the clear standing bar or larger adjustments just like the Communities areas.
