YouTube's New Player: Sleek Icons & Changes
45sThis segment introduces the major visual overhaul of YouTube's mobile player, which is highly relevant to millions of users and likely to spark debate about the new design.
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YouTube is updating the video player on the mobile watch page to provide a cleaner, less cluttered viewing experience for everyone. I'm Rene Ritchie, a long-time creator now working inside YouTube, and here's what's up. First, like, dislike, share, and ask are getting, in my opinion, super sleek new icons. Next, the like count is moving from the like button to below the video title next to the channel name. And the old horizontal scrolling list of action buttons is
being replaced with a simple three- dot menu button with options to save, download, and report a video. Mobile only, portrait mode, aka vertical only. No changes for landscape, desktop, or TV. Give it a try and let me know your thoughts and questions in the comments.