Robert Triggs / Android Authority
TL;DR
- YouTube is testing extra design tweaks for its new mini participant on Android.
- The up to date design is offered within the newest beta launch, and it eliminates the underside bar with the ahead, rewind, and pause buttons.
- It contains a pause button within the prime left nook and a button to shut the mini participant within the prime proper nook.
YouTube examined a brand new mini participant redesign on Android final yr, which was closely criticized by customers. It was rolled again after a number of months, however YouTube later launched it on the secure channel after fixing a few of its extra egregious points. It looks as if the platform isn’t finished tweaking the mini participant, as we’ve noticed an up to date design within the newest YouTube beta for Android.
As a substitute of that includes distinguished ahead, rewind, and pause buttons in a bar on the backside, the up to date mini participant contains a pause button with a translucent background within the prime left nook. The ahead and rewind buttons are not out there, however the button to shut the mini participant nonetheless occupies the identical spot within the prime proper nook.
In our testing, we additionally discovered that the brand new mini participant nonetheless helps the double faucet to increase/shrink gesture and presents customers the choice to skip adverts. The brand new mini participant design is offered on a number of of our units working model 20.18.32 beta of the YouTube app for Android, however it might be some time earlier than it rolls out on the secure channel.
The brand new YouTube mini participant design is a particular enchancment over the earlier model, particularly because it not has an opaque bar protecting a superb chunk of the underside half. Nevertheless, we’d prefer to know your ideas on the brand new modifications. Do you like this iteration or would you moderately have YouTube revert to the unique backside bar design? Tell us within the feedback.
