As you can immediately notice when you open the YouTube site, something has changed, especially from a graphic point of view.
The new Youtube logo and a slight change to the menus immediately catches the eye, especially the one that can be activated at the top right by pressing the profile icon.
In particular, the most useful function that can be used on the website displayed by PC is the black background mode of Youtube, which is convenient especially while viewing videos at night.
Google has reserved the most relevant news for the Youtube application for Android and iPhone, with some new options that it will be useful to know and use in order to have a better view of the videos at all times.
Below we see the 5 most useful functions of the Youtube application .
1) Vertical videos fit on the screen
When viewing vertical videos, you can tap the button at the bottom right to adjust the screen to the size of the video, so you don't see it narrow with the black lines on the sides of the screen.
The vertical video will occupy all the space of the screen, enlarging the image and adapting the proportions to the size of the display.
The Youtube app, therefore, will try to optimize the screen for better visibility of the video being played.
2) Menu at the bottom and new tabs
The Youtube app after the most recent update has become very clean and essential, with a menu at the top and one at the bottom.
At the top there are the keys for transmitting, the one for creating and uploading a video, the one for searching and then the one for accessing the application menu.
At the bottom, however, there are the trend menu, subscriptions to channels and then the new section of shared videos and the collection where you can find the saved playlists and favorite videos or marked with "watch later".
The Shared part represents the new chat of the Youtube app (of which I spoke a few days ago), which is not only used to share videos, but just to send text messages as you would with Whatsapp.
3) touches to go forward and backward incorporated
YouTube has included convenient on-screen controls so that when watching a video, simply tap on the right side to jump 10 seconds forward of the video or tap on the left side to jump back 10 seconds.
In practice, on a video you can double-tap to the right to bring it forward 10 seconds, or make three four or as many touches to bring it forward 20, 30 or as many seconds as there are touches.
4) Check the speed of a video
On a youtube video you can now touch the button with three dots that appears by touching the screen to see the function that regulates the playback speed, to be able to see the slower videos in an accelerated way and to be able to slow down the fast videos.
5) Full screen tips
Another useful change of the Youtube app is the ability to view previews of other related videos even in full screen mode.
Just touch the screen and then drag the videos that you can see downwards to see if there is interesting content and continue to see videos similar to what we are seeing without abandoning the full screen mode.
NOTE: in the margin of this article, remember that by touching the icon at the top right of our profile you can access the general settings and activate the important option to avoid opening videos in HD quality when we are using a data connection on consumption.
READ ALSO: Hear Youtube music from iPhone or iPad in the background and screen off
The new Youtube logo and a slight change to the menus immediately catches the eye, especially the one that can be activated at the top right by pressing the profile icon.
In particular, the most useful function that can be used on the website displayed by PC is the black background mode of Youtube, which is convenient especially while viewing videos at night.
Google has reserved the most relevant news for the Youtube application for Android and iPhone, with some new options that it will be useful to know and use in order to have a better view of the videos at all times.
Below we see the 5 most useful functions of the Youtube application .
1) Vertical videos fit on the screen
When viewing vertical videos, you can tap the button at the bottom right to adjust the screen to the size of the video, so you don't see it narrow with the black lines on the sides of the screen.
The vertical video will occupy all the space of the screen, enlarging the image and adapting the proportions to the size of the display.
The Youtube app, therefore, will try to optimize the screen for better visibility of the video being played.
2) Menu at the bottom and new tabs
The Youtube app after the most recent update has become very clean and essential, with a menu at the top and one at the bottom.
At the top there are the keys for transmitting, the one for creating and uploading a video, the one for searching and then the one for accessing the application menu.
At the bottom, however, there are the trend menu, subscriptions to channels and then the new section of shared videos and the collection where you can find the saved playlists and favorite videos or marked with "watch later".
The Shared part represents the new chat of the Youtube app (of which I spoke a few days ago), which is not only used to share videos, but just to send text messages as you would with Whatsapp.
3) touches to go forward and backward incorporated
YouTube has included convenient on-screen controls so that when watching a video, simply tap on the right side to jump 10 seconds forward of the video or tap on the left side to jump back 10 seconds.
In practice, on a video you can double-tap to the right to bring it forward 10 seconds, or make three four or as many touches to bring it forward 20, 30 or as many seconds as there are touches.
4) Check the speed of a video
On a youtube video you can now touch the button with three dots that appears by touching the screen to see the function that regulates the playback speed, to be able to see the slower videos in an accelerated way and to be able to slow down the fast videos.
5) Full screen tips
Another useful change of the Youtube app is the ability to view previews of other related videos even in full screen mode.
Just touch the screen and then drag the videos that you can see downwards to see if there is interesting content and continue to see videos similar to what we are seeing without abandoning the full screen mode.
NOTE: in the margin of this article, remember that by touching the icon at the top right of our profile you can access the general settings and activate the important option to avoid opening videos in HD quality when we are using a data connection on consumption.
READ ALSO: Hear Youtube music from iPhone or iPad in the background and screen off
