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YouTube wants to entice you away from TikTok with its revamp.

 To keep you interested in the video platform, YouTube is getting a little update. The updated design offers greater playback options, an improved video scrubbing system, and pinch and zoom functionality. The update is now available for iOS and Android devices, and the web player will also get some new capabilities.





The new pinch-to-zoom function for YouTube on mobile devices operates exactly like it would if you were in Google Photos or another gallery app, so let's start there. To begin zooming in on the video, simply pinch the screen. The function was first made available to YouTube Premium subscribers over the summer. However, it's still taking some time to reach me. Even after sideloading a recent YouTube APK on an Android device, I was unable to test the feature. You can already utilize the pinch-to-zoom feature on TikTok, which is now thought of as YouTube's main competitor, to pause the video and read text or get a closer look at people in the background.

It takes effort to search through a YouTube video. Even with chapter indicators, it's been a hassle to try to go through the chronology of a video for a long time because you frequently don't know where the marker will stop or if it would bring up the scene you were wanting to view. Hopefully, YouTube's "precise seeking" function will address this issue. You can move the cursor around the timeline on desktop computers and mobile devices to view thumbnails in the video player and stop where you choose.

If you frequently watch YouTube videos, you'll appreciate the new playback options that have been added by this update. Consider how your smart bulbs might try to alter the lights in your home to provide a distraction-free but improved viewing experience as you imagine how YouTube's new "ambient mode" employs dynamic color sampling to adjust the backdrop color in accordance with the toning on the video. On YouTube for mobile and desktop, this function is accessible with the dark theme.

Other small tweaks were done by YouTube everywhere. Links will now appear in the video descriptions as buttons, making them simple to find and tap. Additionally, the famed "subscribe" button has been improved with better contrast so that it will attract your sight. To be honest, before this update, the button appeared to be tucked away in the video description.

With the most recent design changes, YouTube should become more appealing in a TikTok-obsessed society. TikTok has been eating YouTube's lunch since last year, outpacing the app in terms of total viewing time. Why else would it? TikTok is a much more fluid experience because it was first developed for smartphones. Even while YouTube has started to offer bite-sized videos with YouTube Shorts, it's a little simpler to get in and out of TikTok than it is of that platform.

Today sees the introduction of the updated YouTube features. If they aren't appearing on your browser, iPhone, or Android device, wait. The additions ought to be accessible by the end of the week based on how its parent company, Google, normally handles software rollouts.

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