YouTube is changing the design of video playback. Users are furious and calling for a fix

YouTube is among the most used social networks in the world, and is currently referred to as the fastest growing. Its mobile version, which has its own mobile application in the Play Store, is especially popular. This time we learn that Google itself, which is behind YouTube, wants to change the interface more significantly, which is not liked by many users. The news was brought by the portal AndroidAuthority.

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The changes should mainly concern the video player. So far, it has worked simply and provided a few basic functions that users needed most often. Lately though all major platforms they want to come up with something revolutionary in terms of display and design. YouTube has also joined, and is currently testing these changes on a few users.

As you can see in the pictures, the moment you stopnete video, a new interface will appear. Now, in addition to the title of the video, we should also be able to see its author, the number of subscribers, the number of video views or even the date the video was uploaded. Other things were also progressing.

For example download button a stretching the video has been moved to the upper left corner, the “like” and “dislike” options have been moved to the right side of the display, and the button has also changed display of individual parts videos that we can now find at the bottom left. There are many changes, but there are also many complaints.

On the social network Reddit the first concerns about the new design appeared when some users mentioned it there. They did not spare words of criticism, because Google adds unnecessary complexity to the simple interface and also functions that 99% of users will not use in their lives. It is up to everyone to decide whether he welcomes such changes or, on the contrary, whether he is unhappy with such changes. However, it is not yet certain whether we will see these changes in full version of the application.