YouTube Testing Ability for Users to Zoom Into Videos

[szw-mapple fan]

I’m still waiting for picture in picture in the app

Should have arrived for everyone at this point. Try reinstalling the app.

 

[madanvivek]

I’m still waiting for picture in picture in the app

I finally received it yesterday. Update and check the app settings.

 

[svish]

Unhappy that it is being offered as a premium feature.

 

[SenorWhyMe]

can’t wait for uYouPlus app on altstore to get this update without premium lol

 

[pauloregan]

Not having Shorts in the menu should be a feature. A cancerous addition.

 

[usagora]

Yeah, YT is completely unusable on a phone, I almost never bother with it. On the desktop, with ad block, however, it's wonderful.

Someone else made a similar comment on this thread, and when I asked them to elaborate they didn't respond. So would you mind elaborating how the YouTube iOS app is "completely unusable"? I find that strong statement quite puzzling after having used the app just fine for years.

 

[GeoStructural]

I’m still waiting for picture in picture in the app

I have had PiP since at least 2 years. I keep reading messages like this and cannot figure out if I was among the lucky ones used for testing or just because I was an early adopter of Premium.

 

[lazyrighteye]

Google are a bit two headed. Some of their products are awesome and free. Others are junk.

Nothing with Google is free. 😜

 

[MRU]

Still waiting for PIP to rollout to my yt premium account. It was working for a long time during their 'test phase' and then one day google decided to stop it working ..... now have to wait for them to arbitrarily re-allow it server side on my account and still paying 20 euros a month for a premium yt family plan ...

 

[mikethemartian]

I really don’t understand the logic of their advertising algorithm. I don’t mind watching a short ad before a video I want to see but I’ll be watching a 10 to 15 minute video and suddenly an ad with a 1 hour run time starts.

 

[maternidad]

I have this without Premium.

 

[pauloregan]

Where was this in the 90s when Basic Instinct came out.

 

[WilliamG]

I turned it on but it didn't work so I turned it off.

Yep. Hilariously doesn’t work on my iPhone 13 Pro Max.

 

[KevinN206]

Every time I use the YouTube app I'm stunned by it's contempt for the user. You'd be hard-pressed to design a worse video player.

Can you explain what's so bad about the design such that it's the "worse video player"? I use it both on Android and iOS, and it works no worse than any other video players. What other video players that are better?

 

[sideshowuniqueuser]

Nothing with Google is free. 😜

Their model is, ironically, basically the same as MacRumors' model. It's paid for by advertising. No one seems to mind MacRumors doing it, but somehow everyone gets their nickers in a twist about Google doing it.

 

[sideshowuniqueuser]

Someone else made a similar comment on this thread, and when I asked them to elaborate they didn't respond. So would you mind elaborating how the YouTube iOS app is "completely unusable"? I find that strong statement quite puzzling after having used the app just fine for years.

Firstly, the ads annoy me. Maybe I'm too used to the ad-free version. Secondly, I find the user interface clunky. Thirdly, it is insanely annoying that you can't put a song on YT, and then have it continue to play in the background.

 

[usagora]

Firstly, the ads annoy me. Maybe I'm too used to the ad-free version. Secondly, I find the user interface clunky. Thirdly, it is insanely annoying that you can't put a song on YT, and then have it continue to play in the background.

Well, that's precisely what YT Premium gets you (among other things): no ads and background play (whether music or any other video) and why I subscribe to it. Not sure in what ways you find the interface "clunky", but I certainly have no issues using the app.

 

[checker2010]

The pinch to zoom feature is now working on my iPad and iPhone. Its brilliant. I love it!!!!!