The top 6 new YouTube features and design updates (out of literally dozens) – ZDNet

Get ready for a brand new YouTube experience. Maria Diaz/ZDNETYouTube is one of those apps and sites that changes so subtly that most users don’t even notice until they look back at a screenshot from a decade ago. Also: YouTube’s new program means more money for creators and more ads for viewersBut today, YouTube is hoping you’ll notice at least some of the three dozen updates it’s rolling out to make the user experience more seamless.These are the top 6 new YouTube featuresMany of these updates will be available today, while others will roll out gradually over the coming weeks. The new features include new ways to seek, the ability to lock your screen on a video to prevent tapping out of it, new designs for the headers, collections, intro animations, and video descriptions, and incorporating the ambient theme into the light theme. We all know YouTube videos can be unnecessarily long. Like wanting to get to a recipe on a website, sometimes we just want the host to get to the point. Also: How to download YouTube videos for free, plus two other waysNow, you can press and hold to increase the video’s playback speed to 2x. This helps you get through long
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