YouTube Updates Logo and Announces New Features for iOS App and Desktop Site

[koifish22]

Where is the dark mode option in the app? I can't find it. Is it a Red-only feature?

It’s only on the desktop site.

 

[jonnysods]

I think the older logo had a bit more personality.

 

[Dave245]

How about putting Picture in Picture for the iPad YouTube!!

 

[jst_testing]

In the App Store, the new icon is not shown as in the home screen. Wtf?

Notice the same thing

 

[ColdShadow]

Old logo looked WAY better.

 

[jst_testing]

I can't find it either.

Me neither

 

[JosephAW]

I thought it said "YouLube"

 

[viettanium]

i see the new logo icon in App Store but in Homescreen there is old logo icon.

 

[Sharkoneau]

I just hope they update the appletv YouTube app, it’s absolutely garbage.

Their smart TV app absolutely sucks too. It never pushes the right resolution for your internet connection, nor allows you to choose quality settings. Buffering for days on a solid wireless network.

 

[UL2RA]

Their smart TV app absolutely sucks too. It never pushes the right resolution for your internet connection, nor allows you to choose quality settings. Buffering for days on a solid wireless network.

I'm on gigabit internet and it still does that.

 

[idmean]

I think this change is very reasonable: When I read the headline the play sign logo was the first thing that popped into my head. Only after I saw the image of the old logo I realized which logo they are changing.

 

[boston04and07]

Still no picture in picture.

 

[wizard]

Google needs to put in a detector for cell connections and disable long ads when people connect that way. I really hate to have my bandwidth wasted on massive ads.

 

[ThiGeever]

People saying the old logo is nicer really mean it's more recognizable, but by far the old one looks really old and it has been like that for a couple of years now. The new one makes more sense, it's nice and clean and that play button has been the logo to me for quite some time anyway as it's been on the apps icon for a long time.

 

[Delorean2006]

Their smart TV app absolutely sucks too. It never pushes the right resolution for your internet connection, nor allows you to choose quality settings. Buffering for days on a solid wireless network.

That too! All their TV apps are all garbage, I have more than capable of an internet connection to handle 4K and it always plays 480p or 1080p and then by the end of a video it’ll play in 4K

 

[Sharkoneau]

That too! All their TV apps are all garbage, I have more than capable of an internet connection to handle 4K and it always plays 480p or 1080p and then by the end of a video it’ll play in 4K

We used to be able to play videos all the time, and it worked without an issue. Some number of months ago they must’ve released an update, and it just crippled everything.

 

[Amazing Iceman]

In five years the company will be rebranded with a new name, with the "tube" removed.

Most likely, many will ask: why is it called a tube?
And someone will answer that it's because "the internet is a series of tubes".
So, what would it be called then?
YouScreen
YouView
YouTub
YouSlate
YouWin
YouKnow...

 

[Cameroncafe10a]

They managed to make it worse yet again...

 

[rmbpuser]

Google's mobile site has also been updated with a new layout!

 

[redheeler]

Old logo is nicer.

Same goes for Google's main logo when it was updated a couple years back quite honestly. Google's designers know how to take an iconic logo and replace it with something no longer iconic and not even as nice to look at.

 

[Glassed Silver]

So, how many you tubers have been banned today because they WrongThinked?
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That's what they want.

Take over the ISO/IEC 18035 symbol for the play function.

Sooner or later, you'll see kids saying "this old BluRay player has the YouTube button"

I can hold a physical Apple logo in my hands today if I take one bite...

It's more common than you think, they want the surrounding world supporting their brand and not their brand to stand as much on its own.

meh, whatever. Logo could be much worse too, so guess we dodged a bullet.

Glassed Silver:win

 

[TimUSCA]

Then you should understand why the change.
The old logo, and the name YouTube relate to a CRT TV or Monitor, which are both outdated.
The new logo, representing a Play button, focus on the fact that you can play videos. The logo completely disconnects from the "tube" concept, which may be old school for the new generations.

Regardless, I don't use their app at all.

I mean... I literally said I understand why they wanted to change it. My critique was of the new logo.

 

[Amazing Iceman]

I mean... I literally said I understand why they wanted to change it. My critique was of the new logo.

You are right; in a world with 32-bit color (and higher) displays, we all would have expected a more impressive logo...

I guess they wanted to keep some sort of familiar look, instead of making a drastic change.

Unless I'm wrong, I've been seeing the new logo already for several months (The red tube with the white Play triangle), probably so people feel accustomed to it.

 

[KingOfStuff]

the new desktop site look hurts my eyes. everything looks the same and it's hard to differentiate

 

[wolfshades]

*yawn* Wake me up when they bring YouTube Red to Canada.