YouTube is testing a new mobile app interface, but users don't understand the need for innovation

Google has been testing a new interface for the YouTube mobile app for some time now.

Here's What We Know

Users noticed that a few months ago, some people had changed the interface of YouTube on Android and iOS. The biggest changes occurred in the full-screen viewing mode. The developer changed the location of active buttons, so, now at the bottom, in addition to the icons "pause" and "timeline" appeared "like", "dislikes", "add to playlist", "share" and other buttons.

At the same time, the name of the video and playlist are not at the top of the screen, but at the bottom. Also, the number of views and the date when the video was published are now indicated in full-screen mode, and the left-right arrows are visible only in vertical viewing.

In addition, it is now possible to switch videos in a playlist with a single slide:

The majority of active YouTube users took to the innovations without much enthusiasm and believe that there was no need to change the already good interface of the video hosting.

It's unknown when Google will fully launch the new interface on all mobile devices, but it's unlikely to take long.

Source: Android Authority