YouTube for iOS Gaining New Gestures and Controls

[zombierunner]

Stop moving the comments around every 3 months.

 

[aid]

I desparately wish they'd stop dimming the display when paused (and for several seconds after unpausing). Makes reviewing coding videos really hard and is just plain annoying on other content.

 

[CarlJ]

Could they overhaul it to allow PIP, please?

You won’t get PIP unless you pay them. That’s by design.

 

[souko]

I would be much happier for 4K on iPad Pro... (have only 1080p on iPad Pro 10.5”)

 

[Bandaman]

KILL AUTOPLAY!

I’ll pick another video if I want, dammit.

Just ... uncheck it. No need for an aneurysm.

 

[gaximus]

They need to fix the rotate to go full screen option, it doesn't work half the time. I have to rotate back to portrait and then quickly rotate to landscape to get it to register.

 

[gtg465x]

I don't on iPhone 12 and that's what OP was referring to. There's no HDR on iPhones 12.

It's a new feature, though, and YouTube always slowly rolls new features out to random subsets of users, so it's normal that not everyone will have this feature yet. There could be some people with iPhone 12s that already have it.

 

[itsmilo]

And still no system adaptive dark mode smh

 

[gtg465x]

I would be much happier for 4K on iPad Pro... (have only 1080p on iPad Pro 10.5”)

I believe this feature is rolling out slowly right now, but should come to your iPad eventually.

 

[DougieS]

I honestly think YouTube app is coded by monkeys... Way too many bugs and aggressive ads.

the ads I hate are the ones blocking the last 5 seconds of the video...

 

[CarlJ]

Just ... uncheck it. No need for an aneurysm.

Yeah, just uncheck it. And then uncheck it again later when they turn it back on for some reason. And rinse/repeat for every combination of device and browser or app. It gets really ***** tiresome.

 

[SigurTom]

I've got a notch there.

 

[JCoe13]

You won’t get PIP unless you pay them. That’s by design.

No, even with Premium (which allows for PIP), it does not work with the YouTube App. This only works within Safari which also has its own issues...

I am fairly sure @CarlJ was requesting that PIP work for premium paying users. I, too, have been begging for this for some time now. It makes no sense that it wouldn't be available.

 

[rgeneral]

Give me back PIP with Safari on YouTube. Don't care about the App

 

[Chompineer]

What I like to see:

• As a parent, I am concerned that YouTube serves way too much adult-oriented contents that does not require logging in with adult credential. On the other hand, YouTube Kids is too limited, ill suited for classroom lessons. Google should just require user to login to view all contents.
• Settings should be more sticky. I shouldn't have to choose settings like "dark mode", "theater mode", and "autopay off" on every browsers and mobile clients.
• Ads should be less repetitive. Last two dozens or so video I watched on YouTube served about half dozen ads, but 2 ads repeated 3 times each.

So... You want YouTube to parent your kids for you?

 

[FaustsHausUK]

I wish they would remember when I turn autoplay off and persist across sessions and devices. Google track _everything_, surely it’s not hard to add?

 

[12vElectronics]

Autoplay should be OFF by default. But I am glad they are moving it to a more easier to see area.
The YouTube app for iOS has always been cluttered. They need to simplify it.

 

[Bandaman]

Yeah, just uncheck it. And then uncheck it again later when they turn it back on for some reason. And rinse/repeat for every combination of device and browser or app. It gets really ***** tiresome.

If you're logged in then you only have to do it once per device. But if you're not, then it's obnoxious and has to be repeated and should die in a fire.

 

[CarlJ]

So... You want YouTube to parent your kids for you?

Remote learning. I know at least one 5 year old who has access to YouTube because that's how the school is providing some of its materials. And, given that the parents can't watch the kids every second of the day (because, you know, the parents are busy working from home), I see it as a legit concern.

 

[4jasontv]

What I like to see:

• As a parent, I am concerned that YouTube serves way too much adult-oriented contents that does not require logging in with adult credential. On the other hand, YouTube Kids is too limited, ill suited for classroom lessons. Google should just require user to login to view all contents.
• Settings should be more sticky. I shouldn't have to choose settings like "dark mode", "theater mode", and "autopay off" on every browsers and mobile clients.
• Ads should be less repetitive. Last two dozens or so video I watched on YouTube served about half dozen ads, but 2 ads repeated 3 times each.

LOL. What adult oriented content?

 

[MisterSavage]

I don't care where they put the Autoplay button so long as it is off by default. It's a 'feature' I don't want

I hate this "feature" so much. I always check it when I start playing a video.

 

[JokerPower]

Who cares if there is no PiP..

 

[Polaroid]

I love auto play lol - love falling asleep with it on and seeing where I end up

 

[DogHouseDub]

My iPhone has a giant notch there. What model are they using?

 

[CarlJ]

If you're logged in then you only have to do it once per device. But if you're not, then it's obnoxious and has to be repeated and should die in a fire.

I've had it "helpfully" reset for me on logged-in devices/apps. AutoPlay is a plague. If it was a properly functioning sticky setting per-account, there wouldn't be so much angst about it.