YouTube has just introduced it’s new user interface for it’s web player on videos which replaces the black bar at the bottom of videos which contained the video controls.

The new UI is much the same except the controls are set on a transparent bar with the bottom of the video playing behind and also feature new animations for the buttons.

This update joins the host of changes YouTube has been rolling out to it’s website and app over the past few months with the integration of “3D Virtual Reality” videos, improved vertical video viewing and upgraded layout for mobile applications all being recently introduced.

It will be interesting to see whether YouTube has any additional updates/upgrades planned in the near future. For now you can see an example of the new transparent player in YouTube’s announcement tweet below.