The world’s most popular video sharing platform YouTubehas announced that it will update its design, which has not been touched for years, with the exception of minor innovations, and add new features to the platform. Looking at the statements made, we see that the changes in question are of a level that can affect the YouTube experience.

Looking at the changes that YouTube has announced, we can see that it aims to provide users with a cleaner and more fluid interface. In addition, some long-requested features such as video zoom are finally added. Without further ado, YouTubes to design changes We’re looking closely.

YouTube’s new features

ambient mode

*Old design (left) and new design (right)

Ambient mode is a change that may seem small at first glance, but it is said to have a positive impact on the user experience. With the said feature, the area where the video title, view count and description are located gets a blurry lighting in harmony with the colors in the video instead of the static YouTube interface color. ambient mode With the feature, we can say that the lights in the video seem to be reflected in the relevant section.

However, the video title has grown in size; that the buttons like share, like, download have been moved under the channel name, they have turned into buttons of small icons; We see that the Subscribe text has been moved under the channel name and turned into a button. The new design seems to be more in line with current design habits in general. Dark mode is now also available in both the web and TV app. with a ‘dark’ background Let me tell you it’s coming.

Video zoom

Whether you use the iOS or Android app. Just like you can zoom the photos in your gallery, you can open and close YouTube videos simultaneously with two fingers. You can zoom in and out on a specific part of the video. Plus, unlike Instagram posts, when you zoom in on a region, the video continues to play zoomed in even if you pull your finger.

Camera roll when rewinding videos

You know, YouTube only shows a single frame on the player when you rewind a video. Now, however, not only the frame where the player is located, but also before and after is shown. Similar You can pack the video exactly where you want it.

According to YouTube’s statement, the design change and new features will be available from today.