{"id":27063,"date":"2020-10-26T19:30:10","date_gmt":"2020-10-26T19:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?p=27063"},"modified":"2020-10-26T18:30:56","modified_gmt":"2020-10-26T18:30:56","slug":"youtubes-mobile-app-receives-an-update-with-streamlined-controls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/youtubes-mobile-app-receives-an-update-with-streamlined-controls\/","title":{"rendered":"YouTube&#8217;s mobile app receives an update with streamlined controls"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 style=\"user-select: auto;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff; user-select: auto;\">The latest update to the YouTube app refreshes the mobile video player with new features, a simplified look, rearranged buttons and more responsive controls.<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The closed captions button and autoplay toggle have moved to the player, rather than hidden under the three verticle dots menu in the upper right corner or beside <em style=\"user-select: auto;\">Up next<\/em> respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/gweb-uniblog-publish-prod\/original_images\/Caption__Autoplay_Before___After_GIF_Final.gif\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Full screen can be entered by swiping up and exited by swiping down. This is a feature I&#8217;m glad to see, as pinching to enter and exit full screen mysteriously disappeared for me when upgrading phones last year. You can always simply rotate your device, however my phone mostly lives with portrait orientation lock on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/gweb-uniblog-publish-prod\/original_images\/Gestures_GIF_Final.gif\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>YouTube on mobile will now offer suggested actions such as prompting you to rotate your device for full screen or play videos in VR if it thinks you&#8217;ll have a better experience. More suggested action should be added later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"512\" height=\"512\" src=\"http:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/unnamed_11_tFNaK2d.jpg\" alt=\"Suggested actions\" class=\"wp-image-27064 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/unnamed_11_tFNaK2d.jpg 512w, https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/unnamed_11_tFNaK2d-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/unnamed_11_tFNaK2d-450x450.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>A minor update for sure, but some helpful features nevertheless. These join video chapters added earlier this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The update has started rolling out today. While an update was available for me today, the new features are still missing on my iPhone. 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