Videos on the Internet and social networks continue to grow in number of viewers. Much of this blame lies with the YouTube platform, which continues to add new content to its collection, bringing it to the mobiles of all users, where they can enjoy it atany time and place That is why viewing them correctly and without interruptions should be a priority for those responsible for YouTube , which is why they are working on some visual changes to make this application more useful and practical.Issues that have to do with hiding the playback controls that appear over the videos.
To date, YouTube users through applications mobile phones for platforms Android and iOS have a simple system for playing videos . All you have to do is navigate through the different menus of the application or directly search for content and click on it to view it. At that instant, if the user keeps the terminal in the vertical position, it will begin to watch the video along with the description box and comments from other users at the bottom All this with the controls on the video image for a few seconds And the same happens if It is placed in the terminal in position horizontal, with the exception of playing in this case the video full screen
The good thing is that the current layout of YouTube applications automatically hides the video playback controls Thus, after clicking on a content and start watching, the controls to pause, access settings, orfast forward the video, they disappear after a few seconds to focus attention on the image. And, if you want to have it back on the screen to rewind the video, or change its resolution, you just have to give a simple touch to make them appear However , it seems that this is not enough for those responsible for YouTube And they have started to try a new buttondedicated solely to keeping all these controls at bay and off screen.
Thus, according to the media Android Police, some users have begun to come across a new icon via the mobile applications of YouTubeIt is neither more nor less than an X next to the timeline of each video. A new button that forces all these controls to disappear instantly, without having to wait those courtesy seconds for them to disappear automatically.
Apparently, for now, this could be a mere experiment, looking for a convenient way to allow the user to get rid of the elements that are seen on the screen and make it difficult to view the video. The point is that some users have already started to see the new icon, which can be useful to not miss a scene from the beginning of the trailer of that last movie that you want to see, or the announcement of a new game that is about to arrive. or the video of a favorite youtuber. However, it can also make you think that the X can close the video playback, although this is not the case.
We'll have to wait a little longer to see if YouTube ends up embracing this new button to make the video playback controls disappear to suit the user, without waiting a few seconds.
