YouTube for iOS Updated with 'Material Design'?

[sanke1]

All the F****** red.

I avoid youtube app and see videos on web browser. That color and design made me change the way I watch videos.

 

[vertsix]

I change my mind.

The space management is atrocious and the new design doesn't compensate for it.

Oh well. I can't downgrade now.

 

[Sirious]

The icon, however, is yuck. I hate it.

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The Safari icon used to look ugly too....

 

[oldmacs]

While I don't mind the look, I prefer the functionality of the old one, so I've downgraded.

 

[Sirious]

While I don't mind the look, I prefer the functionality of the old one, so I've downgraded.

How did you do that?

 

[oldmacs]

How did you do that?

By deleting youtube on my iPad and syncing the non updated version from my Mac

Another thing.... didn't you used to be able to exit youtube and continue playing a video in the background??? Or was that last doable in the iOS 5 youtube app?

Either way the lack drives me crazy.

 

[stusgt67]

Redesign doesn't bother me, what does is that there is no support for Picture in Picture -_-

There is a Youtube app that supports this: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/protube-for-youtube/id931201696?mt=8

 

[oldmacs]

There is a Youtube app that supports this: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/protube-for-youtube/id931201696?mt=8

I have one that does, but I don't like it as much as the normal one :/

 

[decafjava]

Still can't see all my subscriptions - my list stops partway on the sidebar around "N".

 

[Sirious]

Still can't see all my subscriptions - my list stops partway on the sidebar around "N".

Same here. Can see all subscriptions in the list view but not in the scroll view.

 

[iTom17]

I HATE this new design. Can't add anything up to that.

Aside from that, there's still no support for picture-in-picture. That's just not acceptable from a company such as Google...

 

[iOSUser7]

The icon, however, is yuck. I hate it.

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Oh thanks for the warning, indeed it's awful. I always disable auto-update on my devices so I still have the old icon. However for some reasons I have the new material design inside the app. Maybe this new design was already hidden inside the older versions.

 

[Sekelani]

The icon has changed but the app looks the same.

 

[devinthomas]

The icon has changed but the app looks the same.

Updating the app seems to trigger a server side switch that activates the new UI independent of the actual App Store update. Try 'closing' the app in multi-tasking and power cycling your device.

 

[Sekelani]

Updating the app seems to trigger a server side switch that activates the new UI independent of the actual App Store update. Try 'closing' the app in multi-tasking and power cycling your device.

Got it. It's changed. How weird !

 

[Che Castro]

Get tubex or Protube

 

[Melina Stutz]

my YouTube app is exactly the same as yours!

 

[reptarwilleatu]

All the F****** red.

I avoid youtube app and see videos on web browser. That color and design made me change the way I watch videos.

the web version has this redesign now though also...

By deleting youtube on my iPad and syncing the non updated version from my Mac

Another thing.... didn't you used to be able to exit youtube and continue playing a video in the background??? Or was that last doable in the iOS 5 youtube app?

Either way the lack drives me crazy.

That means your going to have to keep auto updates off from now on.

 

[pdxmatts]

Never said it was easy, but it's still possible. On iOS, it isn't possible to change the OS appearance or downgrade to an earlier version of the OS or of any application.

Well you can go back if you have a back up of the older version. Just delete the app on your device and then hook up to iTunes and install the YouTube app and sync. The older version will be back.

 

[lagwagon]

While the red is really ugly, it would have been at least tolerable if it wasn't taking up such a massive amount of space on the top. It could easily be half the height and still have all the buttons and such.

 

[Dino F]

I can't wait to have that big dumb red header taking up half my screen.

I don't like it....lol

Too bad they can't fix the icon.

The icon, however, is yuck. I hate it.

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.....glad to see I'm not the only one who hates the update - the red bar across the top and all the white space below it is just HIDEOUS

 

[pacorob]

Redesign doesn't bother me, what does is that there is no support for Picture in Picture -_-

There is a Youtube app that supports this: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/protube-for-youtube/id931201696?mt=8

I have one that does, but I don't like it as much as the normal one :/

I agree it would be very nice to see Slide Over / Split Screen and Picture in Picture support from YouTube (and Netflix). For now we have YouPlayer (free, with 1,99 dollar in-app option) and ProTube (2,99 dollar).

 

[Sirious]

The design isn't too bad imo, but the icon needs changing and the red bar needs reducing.

 

[DJLAXL]

I just started using Tubex. Its a much, much better app. Background audio FTW! After I updated YT no videos would play at all for me. This was after 2 installs and reboots. The YT app is terrible "/

 

[e93to]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but YouTube for Android had this interface for more than a year? I don't mind the new look/interface, but the red bar at the top on iOS seems very thick compared to Android:

Furthermore, YouTube for iOS displays "watched" videos while Android YouTube somehow doesn't...