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Original YouTube app in IOS6
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This link works in the UK too, thank you!
Google were extremely quick getting this application out, I've just sent feedback praising them & also asking that they add in the filters for most viewed today, this week, all time.
On another note, I'd read an article which said that adverts would play during the videos, however, in the very brief 5 minute experience I've had with it so far, this is not happened to me.
I miss alot of features in the youtube app..... No ipad support and no freaking multitasking anymore. So that means listening to youtube music while multitasking is no more in ios6. I used this alot!
The Google YouTube App looks ok to me, it's now available in the UK.
I believe it's licensing that has caused Apple to remove the app rather than choice.
This does make iOS "agnostic" too, giving possibly some leverage to Vevo and other video content providers, rather than blinding directing people to YouTube.
Don't get me wrong - YouTube is great, but there is some fantastic content on other providers too.
I suppose, if you want to keep the apple YouTube app, there is one way - don't upgrade to iOS6, but that defeats progress, which ultimately I think this is.
There will still be a lot of iPhone Users which don't or indeed to not know how to upgrade their iOS devices - so the app will still be used for the most part.
Not sure what the figures are for people that don't upgrade.
I believe it's licensing that has caused Apple to remove the app rather than choice.
This does make iOS "agnostic" too, giving possibly some leverage to Vevo and other video content providers, rather than blinding directing people to YouTube.
Don't get me wrong - YouTube is great, but there is some fantastic content on other providers too.
I suppose, if you want to keep the apple YouTube app, there is one way - don't upgrade to iOS6, but that defeats progress, which ultimately I think this is.
There will still be a lot of iPhone Users which don't or indeed to not know how to upgrade their iOS devices - so the app will still be used for the most part.
Not sure what the figures are for people that don't upgrade.
You won't if your only accessing the type of videos you would have accessed via the Apple app.
You would only see advertisements on those videos blocked from the Apple app whose licensing requires ads e.g. VEVO music videos.
Well I am happy to report that the new YouTube app does catch links from other applications like the Apple app did before, which was my main concern.
However, there are a number of problems:
However, there are a number of problems:
- It is a phone app, not universal.
- They are using non-native controls, which means no fullscreen on iPad. (I believe if they were using native controls, it would go fullscreen correctly, rather than just filling the iPhone windowI dont have another app to try this with though)
- There is no support for background playbackprobably due to the non-native player.
- They are using the old iOS 5 share menu. (though there are still in-app controls to send via iMessage at least)
- Navigation is slow, using Sparrow-style panes rather than the iOS-style toolbar at the bottom of the screen to access favourites, history etc. so things that were directly accessible before, now require multiple taps.
To go from watching a video fullscreen to your history now requires you to:- Pinch to exit fullscreen (note: this does not follow the iOS 6 standard of pausing the video)
- Tap the back button
- Tap the list button
- Tap your username
- Tap history
It is a similar process to access your watch later list, favourites, or playlists. Which, on the iPad version at least, were sitting in the toolbar. - I do not have much experience with the old iPhone app, but on iPad you had Comments/More From /Suggested in the sidebar. In this app, you just have Now Playing/Suggested/Commentsno More from list while playing a video.
- No playlist support. This is the main things the Apple app was missing in my opinion.
I wouldnt be suprised if google would make the android app better then the iphone app, to show that android is better.(or rather give the illision of that)
They really need to work with apple to re-enable background audio play....else i will jalbreak as soon as thats available and put back the toutube app manually. Im sure that wilbe possible without much trouble.
They really need to work with apple to re-enable background audio play....else i will jalbreak as soon as thats available and put back the toutube app manually. Im sure that wilbe possible without much trouble.
I like it but to be honest I don't use the YouTube iPhone app that often but the iPad YouTube app I use alot so,hopefully that update comes soon.
Thank you for the links. I've just downloaded it now. First impressions are its a hell of a lot better than the old app. It will be interesting to see how this app progresses.
everyone praises google because their stupid android apps like youtube that have "tons of features" (that probably 1% uses but whatever) that the old youtube app didn't have... now google makes its own youtube app, nobody likes it, and apple is to blame?
give me a break...
give me a break...
Personally I do really like the new app. Its almost similar to the Android version but a little bit smoother Heres a nice article I found about it: http://appleheist.com/official-youtube-app-released/
Heres a nice article I found about it: http://appleheist.com/official-youtube-app-released/It's a weird world we live in, huh =/
People will always have complaints over something for some reason or another.
I miss alot of features in the youtube app..... No ipad support and no freaking multitasking anymore. So that means listening to youtube music while multitasking is no more in ios6. I used this alot!
That's probably because YouTube is for watching videos and background video playing makes no sense. If you want to just listen to music get Spotify.
Sound quality on Youtube is also the worst out there.. My ears bleed every time I listen to music on YT. God, the compression is terrible.
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Judging by the amount of time google took to release the G+ iPad app, I'm not expecting to see a YouTube iPad app for quite some time.
I didn't realise that feature was available. The last time I tried to do that it just stopped the music. But then again, YouTube playback quality is poor so it didn't really bother me.
Seems to me like it would be much easier as a developer to implement the native video player which allows for things like scrubbing, volume control, background audio, fullscreen on iPad, and airplay, than write your own player with non-standard controls and missing features.
If they knew this license was expiring soon, they should have been in development long enough to have a 1.0 release that was at least on-par in functionality to the Apple app it is replacing, especially as terrible as that apparently was according to people here.
I use background audio when listening to lectures/talks that dont have/require viewing the slides. (and you can always switch back when they do)
Isnt Spotify a paid service that requires a Facebook account linked to it?
totally wrong, you don't need facebook for it. also there's a free service, as well as a paid service...
It still seems to need it. When I click Sign Up, I get this message:
Edit: Way down the page in grey-on-white text is an option to create an account without Facebook.