[Update: Homescreen] Google testing YouTube 'app' for Chromecast with Android TV-like UI

The experience of Casting YouTube to a Chromecast-connected TV has remained mostly unchanged for the past several years. Google now looks to be making a pseudo-YouTube app for Chromecast that takes after the Android TV version. Update 5/24: Another user has received this YouTube app-like experience on the Chromecast, specifically the original. An image of the homescreen matches the design spotted previously and it’s very similar to the full Android/Google TV application. This change is not yet widely rolled out or appearing on a second-generation Chromecast we checked today. Original 3/6: Historically, Casting a video from your phone to a Chromecast-connected television just loads a video player that provides basic details (channel name, view count, date, and time) in the bottom-left corner. Once the clip is complete, you’re taken back to a “Ready to watch” splash screen with instructions. Some users are now seeing a radically different experience that starts with a remote control appearing in the YouTube mobile app. The player that appears on the Chromecast/TV lets users change resolution, closed captions, subtitles, and even access “Stats for nerds.” Additionally, they are able to add new videos to the queue/playlist.  Instead of being taken to the splash screen on…
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