YouTube rolls out up to date backside bar on Android

YouTube continues to roll out the sequence of new options and design updates it introduced final month, with the refreshed backside bar icons extensively out there on Android. 

There’s no change to how YouTube navigation is laid out, however 4 of the 5 icons have been up to date. Total, they’ve thicker outlines than earlier than and extra rounded corners, although that facet is tougher to differentiate given the scale. 

• The house icon used for Dwelling has a brand new facade that’s considerably extra apparent
• Shorts has the thicker traces 
• The ‘plus’ signal for creating content material is now housed in a grey circle that lacks a top level view 
• Subscriptions has a simplified icon that’s not as deep and is a little more rounded
• There’s no change to You

Previous vs. new

This up to date backside bar is reside as a server-side replace with model 19.45 of YouTube for Android. The brand new icons are additionally reside on-line, however we’re not seeing it on iOS but.

(It stays to be seen whether or not the brand new iconography may even make its option to YouTube Music and TV.)

This joins the opposite adjustments that launched in current weeks:

In the meantime, YouTube not too long ago tweaked its app shortcuts. Discover has been eliminated, whereas all of the icons have been refreshed to the outline-style.

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