- Google has teased an overhaul of the YouTube experience for televisions
- The update arrives “this summer” and includes improved navigation
- Google has also announced a multi-commentary upgrade for YouTube television subscribers
Twenty years ago today, the first video was downloaded from YouTube (the exciting “me at the zoo”). To celebrate this milestone, Google has announced that the experience of the YouTube TV application will soon get a big upgrade. And as a person who looks at a lot of youtube on the big screen, it’s something that I look forward to.
Google did not reveal much about the “upgrading of the visualization of television” that he has planned. It apparently happens “this summer” (which means between June and September, if you are in the southern hemisphere). But he revealed a screenshot (below) of what he will look like, as well as some clues of what happens.
Apparently, we will get an “easier navigation” alongside “quality adjustments” and an improved reading experience. There will also be “rationalized access to comments, canal information and subscription”. In other words, YouTube on your TV (not being confused with Youtube TV) will become much more like the browser experience entirely.
In addition to improved television experience, YouTube television subscribers will also gain the possibility of creating their own multi-commentary experience. This four-way network is traditionally reserved for sports fans, but this is open to the content of non-sports with a “small group of popular channels” in the “months to come”. So, if you don’t feel distracted enough yet, this multi-commentary update could be for you.
A subtle but important update
I have been watching youtube on television for years and I have always felt a few steps behind the complete experience. The Apple TV application, for example, has only received only a section of comments relatively recently – and although it could look like a mixed blessing, I have always found that the comments were an important part of the chain experience that I am.
The incoming YouTube update for televisions seems to be more on design than on features, but still seems much more modern and in accordance with its mobile applications. There is a new button to add the video to your reading lists and it also seems to be easier to subscribe from videos. There is no doubt more adjustments not shown in the image of unique teaser.
YouTube naturally reserves many features for premium subscribers. As part of its 20th anniversary advertisements today, Google has also revealed that an “4x reading speed” option is arriving on smartphones for premium subscribers (a service that costs $ 13.99 / £ 11.99 $ 14.99 in per month).
I am always deeply tempted to go to YouTube Premium (in particular after having read the solid arguments of my colleague David Nield in favor of this), but I am happy to see that YouTube improves the television experience for deadly American non -premiums. Let’s just hope that this will happen in the previous interpretation rather than later “summer”.
