{"id":678,"date":"2020-10-26T20:55:42","date_gmt":"2020-10-26T20:55:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/?p=1325467"},"modified":"2020-10-26T20:55:42","modified_gmt":"2020-10-26T20:55:42","slug":"youtubes-mobile-app-gets-several-small-tweaks-to-enhance-the-viewing-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/?p=678","title":{"rendered":"YouTube\u2019s mobile app gets several small tweaks to enhance the viewing experience"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>YouTube today <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.youtube\/news-and-events\/tips-and-tricks-watching-your-favorite-videos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">announced<\/a> a series of updates meant to make its mobile app more useful, including a streamlined player experience and new gestures.<\/p>\n<p>A few months ago, YouTube introduced the ability to easily create <a href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/apps\/2020\/05\/28\/youtube-finally-adds-built-in-timestamps-with-chapters\/\">video chapters<\/a> by simply typing some timestamps in your video\u2019s description. The company is building on this feature today by adding a list view with thumbnails for every section of the video. This should make it easier to get to the relevant part of a video and makes chapters a little more prominent than they were before.<\/p>\n<p><figure class=\"post-image post-mediaBleed aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1325474 lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2020\/10\/8661D691-C6E3-493A-9B60-AEB5AD7C0DB4.gif\" alt width=\"350\" height=\"636\" data-lazy=\"true\"><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>The company is also adding a variety of gestures to make the playback experience smoother. You can now swipe up on a video to enter full-screen mode rather than poking on a little button or waiting for your phone to autorotate, which is somehow still painfully slow on some devices in 2020. You can also now tap on the timestamp to switch between elapsed time and a countdown, and the app will now provide automatic \u201csuggested actions,&nbsp;<span>which prompt you to rotate your phone or play a video in VR when we think you can have a better experience.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><figure class=\"post-image post-mediaBleed aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1325471 lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2020\/10\/unnamed_11_tFNaK2d.jpg\" alt width=\"512\" height=\"512\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" data-lazy=\"true\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2020\/10\/unnamed_11_tFNaK2d.jpg 512w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2020\/10\/unnamed_11_tFNaK2d-96x96.jpg 96w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2020\/10\/unnamed_11_tFNaK2d-210x210.jpg 210w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2020\/10\/unnamed_11_tFNaK2d-270x270.jpg 270w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2020\/10\/unnamed_11_tFNaK2d-135x135.jpg 135w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2020\/10\/unnamed_11_tFNaK2d-192x192.jpg 192w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2020\/10\/unnamed_11_tFNaK2d-470x470.jpg 470w\"><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>Lastly, YouTube says it has rearranged the player to make captions easier to access, with the requisite button now available right as an overlay on the video rather than hidden under a menu. The autoplay button is also now more prominent, making it easier to stop YouTube from sending you down a rabbit hole of videos \u2014 the company says it\u2019s testing this feature on desktop too.<\/p>\n<p>The features should be rolling out to Android and iOS devices today.<\/p>\n<p><i>For more gear, gadget, and hardware news and reviews, follow Plugged on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/plugged\">Twitter<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/flipboard.com\/@thenextweb\/plugged-54nihknvy\">Flipboard<\/a>. <\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-post-pubDate\"> Published October 26, 2020 \u2014 20:55 UTC <\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/plugged\/2020\/10\/26\/youtubes-mobile-app-gets-several-small-tweaks-to-enhance-the-viewing-experience\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>YouTube today announced a series of updates meant to make its mobile app more useful, including a streamlined player experience and new gestures. 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