Although many users may not like them, vertical videos are unavoidable. YouTube knows that the war against vertical videos is lost and has decided to join them. Now, the video platform is adapting its mobile application to vertical videos, adapting its interface.
For a long time we can see the vertical videos in full screen from the YouTube app without any problem, it was enough to press this button, full screen. But now YouTube has announced that it goes further and that it will be fully adapted to vertical videos also modifying the entire interface and not just the playback window that we see.
The vertical videos will modify the entire interface of the application and you will be able to see it well without resorting to the full screen. The obnoxious black sidebars of vertical videos will disappear even if we don't have the video in full screen, adjusting to our mobile.
The elements that we always find under the videos, YouTube has shown on your news blog, they will move to make room for the video vertically. The name of the channel, the possibility of giving like or sharing will now be lower so that the video can fill the screen with its size.
“If you are watching a vertical, square or horizontal video, YouTube player will fit perfectly, filling the screen exactly as it should, "they have explained from the company in the statement.
To say goodbye to this uncomfortable format we will have to wait a bit. The YouTube app update is coming to Android (and iOS) in a few weeks and we will be able to enjoy the new interface.
YouTube has announced other changes beyond the vertical format for its videos. For instance, a new desktop interface, which will have a cleaner design and include a dark theme among the novelties. It is also incorporating a new, easier way to share videos with our contacts on YouTube, with just a couple of clicks from the application we can do it.
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