YouTube allowed everyone to try the new design: how to activate it
June 10, 2024
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Who can be tested? This new design first appeared in April and immediately received negative feedback from users who first tested it. The redesign was largely rolled back
Who can be tested?
This new design first appeared in April and immediately received negative feedback from users who first tested it. The redesign was largely rolled back within a few weeks, but was rolled back in late May and has continued to appear to users since then.
They can access the new design YouTube Premium subscribers only.
The main change is that the information block, which contains the video’s name, description, comments, as well as like, save and share buttons, has been replaced with the recommendation block. Now all the information about the video is on the right, and the recommendations are at the bottom, below the player.
New look of video viewing page / Screenshot of 24 Channels
How to enable new view page design
There are two ways to activate the new design:
You can receive a corresponding notification by visiting YouTube. Click the “Try” button to accept the test.
If there is no such notification, this process can also be done manually. To do this, go to the experimental features page and click the blue “Try” button in the “Updated preview page” block. We would like to remind you that you must have a YouTube Premium subscription for this.
After testing, you can go to the same page and use the feedback button that will appear next to it. In this way, you can inform the developers about all the shortcomings and requests.
As previously mentioned, feedback from users who tested the new design was largely negative. In the description of the redesign, YouTube claims an “improved viewing experience” that “makes it easier to find relevant content” and “improves” access to comments. However, users say that it reminds them of porn sites.
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