YouTube for iOS gets 'material design' makeover, new editing tools in update
Months after Google rolled out a redesigned YouTube app for Android, the Internet search giant released a similarly revamped version for iOS on Monday with new gesture controls, video editing tools and more.
The new YouTube app sports a completely redesigned interface built with Google's "material design" aesthetic, matching the firm's most recent iOS offerings like Google Maps. Most apparent to users will be liberal use of bold colors, neatly integrated contextual menu buttons and a layered UI divided into three sections: Home, Subscriptions and Account.
Also part of material design are newly integrated gesture controls first introduced with apps like Chrome. In the case of YouTube, swipe gestures allow users to navigate between sections and menu items.
Included in today's update are a set of in-app video editing tools, pushing users toward a one-app film creation solution.
YouTube for iOS is a free 40.7MB download from the iOS App Store. The new UI is currently rolling out and may not be immediately available for all users.
The new YouTube app sports a completely redesigned interface built with Google's "material design" aesthetic, matching the firm's most recent iOS offerings like Google Maps. Most apparent to users will be liberal use of bold colors, neatly integrated contextual menu buttons and a layered UI divided into three sections: Home, Subscriptions and Account.
Also part of material design are newly integrated gesture controls first introduced with apps like Chrome. In the case of YouTube, swipe gestures allow users to navigate between sections and menu items.
Included in today's update are a set of in-app video editing tools, pushing users toward a one-app film creation solution.
YouTube for iOS is a free 40.7MB download from the iOS App Store. The new UI is currently rolling out and may not be immediately available for all users.
Comments
I deleted their terrible app and only use the web version when necessary.
Their app is bad, Facebook's is worse.
This update is hideous.
That's literally impossible at this point. YouTube has far too much content and loyal subscribers to be topped.
Many websites like Dailymotion have tried and failed. The only platform comparable to YouTube is Facebook video and they're used for a different purpose.
This is sitting in my update queue on my iPhone. If it's anything like the update I don't want it. They just ruined the app.
I wonder what Fandroids would say if Apple released an Apple Music app for Android and it followed all of iOS's design cues. Of course Google is doing this because they know Apple would never reject one of their apps for not following Apple's HIG.
This app now looks like crapp.
Google stuff always looks kinda dumb. Like an art student without the gift for it is designing.
But at least they were clean and not so cluttered in their apps. This... It's just crap.
Please keep your crapp design off my devices.
If your making for Apple, stick to iOS design guidelines.
Don't jar me when I open your app from my feng shui user interface or browser just to slap me in the face with your crap "custom" paint job from the 1990's.
Why? Because it's crap. Stop putting crap on my devices.
Because it's crap.
The difference is that people WANT Apple design on their stuff because it's nice.
Nobody buys android devices or uses Google apps and praises them for style.
Because their style is crap. Except when their partners copy Apple.
Any chance Google will support 3D Touch peek and pop?
Microsoft calls their version of this "Modern UI"
That is some ugly shite, right there...
We already know what they would say because we saw countless articles about the comments and ratings of their "Move to iOS" app on the Google Play Store.
I wish Apple would follow their own HIG. The Music app is such a mess it's practically criminal.
I wonder if it's being deployed staggered across different countries (I'm in the UK)?
I remember thinking at the time it was much harder to navigate and the UI was/is confusing and ugly.
I don't care about the new look for the YouTube app, it doesn't offend me. The new look doesn't really impress me either.
What does offend me is that the app is now less useful than before for simply browsing content from the channels I have subscribed to and my history.
I use YouTube to watch and listen to a lot of content and this update is a step backwards in usability in my opinion.
Hope they bring back that left hand slide over menu that contained all of the channels and options like history, that was a useful interface.