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Google Launches Native YouTube App for iPhone

iamthedudeman said:
How is this better than the native ios app?

Same features. No full screen mode that takes up the whole screen via double tap? Google's You tube app when is full screen isn't really 'full screen'.

What good is the app if it cannot take advantage of the iphone 5's larger screen.
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check your PM's please
 
I've tried with Tom Waits "drunk on the moon" (album version with cd cover as video)...it works on my mac, but doesn't appear on my iPhone...even with the new youtube app :(
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Is your Mac set to the flash site or html 5 site? It's possible that the video you are looking at is Flash only.
 
uh, i searched on my phone and pulled it up - tapping on "Free" and nothing is happening. It's like it's not even a button.

edit: I guess it was my phone. I quit and reloaded the app store and it worked after a few taps. Seems like the 4 is getting slower by the day. Probably not optimizing for it anymore.
 
Mark Booth said:
No, it doesn't!

I'm not talking about channels or things you've got marked within your YouTube account (online). I'm talking about the Favorites selection within Apple's original YouTube app. That Favorites area allows you to save a list of Favorite YouTube videos without having to log into (or even have) a YouTube account.

The new YouTube app does not allow you to keep that same list of Favorites.

Mark
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Yes it does to make sure I knew I was right when I replied the first time I added a video to favorites on the native app, then check favorites in the new app, it appeared right along side with all the other videos on that list. I don't know what is wrong with your playist but on my device they are the same
 
Ads?

Has anyone actually gotten an ad yet I have watched 6 different vids so far and still not one, I am glad that i haven't yet, but I would just like to see what the ad will look like on my phone
 
Not happy that I can't play just the audio from the lock screen or outside of the app. I hope that's just because the Apple YouTube app is still the standard until iOS 6 comes out. I DO like, however, that the video starts as soon as you select it AND in non-landscape mode until you turn it sideways. But the inclusion of Ads in this version just really disappoints me. I was happy with the selection of videos before without the ads so having 'more videos' but with the downside of Ads disappoints me.

I like some of the features that the Google YouTube app brings, but until I know I can play videos while multitasking, I'll hold off from upgrading to iOS 6. Might hold off indefinitely due to Ads being present in the Google YouTube app anyway...however, there will probably be a point where I have to upgrade...and that's kind of a shame :/
 
Coolmatt49 said:
Not happy that I can't play just the audio from the lock screen or outside of the app. I hope that's just because the Apple YouTube app is still the standard until iOS 6 comes out. I DO like, however, that the video starts as soon as you select it AND in non-landscape mode until you turn it sideways. But the inclusion of Ads in this version just really disappoints me. I was happy with the selection of videos before without the ads so having 'more videos' but with the downside of Ads disappoints me.

I like some of the features that the Google YouTube app brings, but until I know I can play videos while multitasking, I'll hold off from upgrading to iOS 6. Might hold off indefinitely due to Ads being present in the Google YouTube app anyway...however, there will probably be a point where I have to upgrade...and that's kind of a shame :/
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I have only seen one "Ad" so i dont know if its the same for all of them, but it was a preview of the video i was watching then a small section above that had an ad saying (some company) click here to lean more. i watched about 12 videos before getting that one ad and watched 20 total still only the one ad, if they all follow that format i can deal with that, your opinion?
 
golf1410 said:
Is this one better than old one?
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It's a mixed bag at the moment. You can access far more of the site now and many videos which previously didn't play in the old app will in this one. However there is no AirPlay, no background audio playback, no aspect ratio cropping, and you don't appear to be able to go as far back in a channel's archive.
 
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Kavok said:
As I said I understand the need for advertising, however I don't care for the way Google goes about it. They are always in your face, you can't ignore them, and as I said they eat the limited data in my data plan (especially the video ads you can't skip). However it's not just about the ads, but the entire Google ecosystem they have created. I don't like it and I don't have to play in it. So I won't. Enjoy your ads.
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I just don't understand what you see as evil. Like you said, "you don't have to play in it". It would be evil if they forced you to use it. As it stands, just vote with your "wallet" (in this case your eyes).
 
APlotdevice said:
It's a mixed bag at the moment. You can access far more of the site now and many videos which previously didn't play in the old app will in this one. However there is no AirPlay, no background audio playback, and you don't appear to be able to go as far back in a channel's archive.
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The cons outweigh the pros on this for me. I would have expected Google to really step up the plate with a chance to make Apple's app look like junk. However, in my opinion, they didn't. Not sure if it's because of Apple limiting them on what they can do or if it's because iOS 6 still has yet to come out before Apple removes their official app.

Either way, Apple's YouTube app wins for me still, but I hope that changes as time goes on. But the ads will still remain so that's still something I'm skeptical about as I hate the ads that play on the site.
 
garybUK said:
Yay pointless chromebook ad's eating up mobile data...... this app does look a LOT better than the Apple baked version.

I think they (Google) will bring maps to the iphone but I doubt i'll use it, the iOS 6 beta 4 maps are VERY impressive.
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they used tom toms gps system from what i hear
 
There, no more complaints about the app. It's a good change anyway.

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KnightWRX said:
I just don't understand what you see as evil. Like you said, "you don't have to play in it". It would be evil if they forced you to use it. As it stands, just vote with your "wallet" (in this case your eyes).
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I can't really see any way for a company to take advantage of someone unless they are actually pulling some kind of trick like BS warranties, gimmicks, or monopolies. Calling Google "evil" because they have ads is as ridiculous as calling Menchies "evil" because they sell overpriced desert.

If anything, I'm "evil" for blocking the ads in YouTube videos.

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Piggie said:
Hang on a minute.

I thought Apple fans hated Google with a passion, why is everyone wanting this on their phone and not accepting Apple's way?

Why would you be all putting a Google app on your phone if you despise them so much? :confused:
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Obviously, nobody here is such a hardcore Apple fan except for that guy who's getting overly upset over ads.
 
Where's the sorely needed native Gtalk app? All these third party apps leave something to be desired.
 
petrucci666 said:
Not true.

While apps that already ship preinstalled on the iPhone are indeed native, a lot of third-party apps are native as well.

What 'native' means is that they were actually coded in Objective-C (the iPhone/iPad/Mac development language) to increase speed of the app etc.

This is opposed to non-native apps that basically have to redownload the objects on the screen over again every time you launch the app. This wouldn't be coded in Objective-C but in e.g. HTML5 (a web development language)

Think of the Facebook app (pre 5.x version) - it was basically a mobile web browser that only functioned as Facebook. I don't know if you paid close attention, but every now and then there would be something different looking in the Facebook app, like the way you comment or 'like' something. This is what non-native allows you to do. Change things without the user actually having to update through the App Store. But this comes at the cost of app speed, which is why users were getting a slow and frustrating experience.

Now the Facebook app is native, and albeit much faster than before, they cannot update the app for everyone on their end anymore. They have to release an update in the App Store and then we, the users, have to update manually.

Non-native lets your run a lot of A/B testing. For all you non-technical folks out there, this means that the developer can test out to see 'what really works or not' for the end user: monetization, user engagement, activity, response rate, all the good stuff etc.

This is what I suspect happened to the Facebook app. People complain 'oh it took them 5 years to release a native app'. They have been A/B testing this whole time, not being lazy. Facebook in particular had struggled to monetize on mobile, and now that they believe they've found a potentially successful way - they release a fast, slick native app.

Same goes for the YouTube app. These two in particular are huuuuge platforms and 'getting it right' is important from the start.
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I agree completely but this is another sense of the term 'native'. Yes, Facebook used to be HTML5, now it's 'native'. I think our friend here wanted to know the simplest meaning of native, in terms of differentiating between built-in and App Store apps.
 
On my 3Gs it doesn't mirror when connected to my TV. Lame.

I'm going to hold off buying the iPhone 5... even though it's a 3rd revision (6th gen) which means it's perfect... my 3gs is still going pretty strong. Really looking forward to what iOS6 makes it... otherwise I _WILL_ get the iPhone 5.

Oops. I hope Apple doesn't hear me.... if they did, they'll intentionally be making future iOS's run slow...
 
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