It seems a lie, but 20 years have passed since the first video of YouTube. It was his co -founder, Jawed Karim, who premiered the platform with a short video that showed his visit to the zoo; Since then, many things have changed on YouTube, although some remain exactly the same. In fact, we could say that this publication was advanced to the fashion of the short videos that we now have on YouTube Shorts.
Although YouTube did not have much success initially (recording high quality videos was not as easy as today), in Google they trusted the platform and bought it a year after its foundation; And it is probably the best acquisition of the company’s history, taking into account that YouTube is the second most visited page worldwide, just behind the search for Google.
This growth has not brought few problems. Not in vain, Every day more than 20 million videos are uploaded to YouTubewhich generate more than 100 million comments daily. Perhaps that is why YouTube has adopted a stability policy, with unusual changes with respect to other Google apps; But not every day are 20 years old, so the company is preparing some novelties that many users may like, and others that will be more difficult to accept.
The novelty that will really talk has not yet been announced by Google, but some users have already found it: a New YouTube video player. Indeed, after 10 years using the same interface in the player, we will finally see changes in this aspect; although judging by the reactions of the Reddit usersthat does not have to be good news.
And everything indicates that the new YouTube player will be very controversial, by the amount of functional and design changes implemented; It goes far beyond a simple layer of paint, and we will have to get used to clicking on a different place for some functions. Those who have been watching YouTube videos for many years, we will have to reschedule our mind and erase our muscular memory.
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To start, the new YouTube player interface now adopts rounded controlswith a completely round and larger ‘play’ button; The rest of the elements are also included in a circle or an oval, a style that reminds us of Android Material, and it is possible that this is the intention.
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However, the really annoying part is that some parts of the interface have changed site. For example, The volume is now rightintegrated together with the subtitles buttons, configuration, and those that change the size of the player. For now, only a few users have encountered the new player, but it is expected to spread to everyone when Google makes the official announcement.
On the other hand, YouTube is working on implementing many of the experiments that you have tested in the last year. Such as reproduction 4 times fasterwhich will soon reach the YouTube mobile application, although it will be exclusive to YouTube Premium users and therefore, it will only be available if we have paid the monthly subscription. Other changes will not be noticed in Spain, such as the new multiple view of YouTube TV, the app to watch live television that will now allow you to watch several channels at the same time.
