YouTube Homepage Redesign Brings Larger Thumbnails, More Features

YouTube has rolled out a brand new homepage blueprint that it says will bring more features to enhance the viewing experience. According to the visitor, the new UI started rolling out Thursday on the standard desktop site, every bit well as on the Android and iOS apps meant for tablets. The rollout volition exist a staged one, only will be available for everyone soon.

Longer Video Titles With Aqueduct Icons

Equally tin can be seen from the GIF below, the new await includes longer video titles and larger thumbnails that the company says will give users a amend idea of the content of the videos before clicking on them. The company also removed some content shelves, although users will still detect rows of videos for breaking news, music mixes and more than. Another interesting addition are aqueduct icons ahead of the video championship, which is similar to what Google recently did with its search results.

Better Customization With 'Add together to Queue'

Another little feature is an 'Add together to Queue' option that will enable users to select a handful of videos to sentry next without interrupting the video they are currently watching. "Videos in your queue won't salve afterward y'all've airtight your browser, merely y'all can always save videos to your permanent "Scout Later" playlist, also", said the company.

Remove Unwanted Suggestions With 'Don't Recommend Channel'

Following up with the launch of the 'Don't Recommend Aqueduct' feature on its mobile app earlier this year, YouTube is at present rolling information technology out on its website. It works pretty much the aforementioned way, which means you'll now be able to tell YouTube to stop suggesting videos to y'all from a item aqueduct. To do that, yous'll take to just select the three-dot menu next to a video on the homepage, then select the 'Don't recommend aqueduct' pick from the popup carte du jour, as seen below.

Upcoming Features

Alongside the aforementioned changes, the YouTube website will bring more than features that have already been rolled out to the Android app in the recent past. One of those is a new functionality that lets users select their favorite topics and customize their Domicile feed with related videos. Nosotros tin look forrad to that little addition to the YouTube desktop site in the days ahead.