YouTube announces dark mode and website redesign

O Google announced on Tuesday (2) that the youtube site will get a new face. With a focus on more videos and less text, the new YouTube receives a more minimalist design. Also, it is not for less: they are 300 hours of videos being made available on the network every minute.

“We want to make content the star,” said User Experience Manager at YouTube Fred Gilbert. This new alignment of the company shows a site more focused on IU, infinite scroll to discover new videos and even the long-awaited dark mode.

Now the gray background of the video lists has been removed, the text links have changed from blue to black and the Like and Dislike buttons grew more. In this new YouTube the intent is how the user will have the best video experience; so much so that even the “subscribe” button grew and gained more prominence

Recently, the Netflix did something similar by changing the rating of series from stars to the option to enjoy. At a time when any user attention is golden, facilitating people's experience is key for large companies.

You can now try the new YouTube

The channels also received changes. Since the focus is on videos, the left sidebar, for example, needs to be open for the user to see the channels he has subscribed to. Overall, on a channel page, nothing has changed drastically, but there are more white spaces and slightly larger video previews.

Some changes will happen over the months, since the new site is not 100% finished yet, but if the images alone make you excited, you can access the new feature. here. You can even take advantage of the night mode and the latest on the YouTube.