YouTube Revamps Site for iPhone and Other Mobile Devices
YouTube has announced that it has revamped its mobile YouTube site to support a complete YouTube browsing experience on modern mobile phones, including the iPhone. Of the changes to http://m.youtube.com, YouTube notes:
- It's really fast.
- The user interface incorporates larger, more touch-friendly elements, making it easier to access videos on the go.
- It incorporates the features and functionality youve come to expect from the .com site, like search query suggestions, the options to create playlists, the ability to designate favorite, like or unlike videos directly from your device.
- As we make improvements to Youtube.com, youll see them quickly follow on our mobile site, unlike native apps which are not updated as frequently.
In many ways the new mobile site now makes the native iPhone YouTube app obsolete. Like the native app, the mobile YouTube serves iPhone-friendly h.264 video that can be played right in mobile Safari. Every since 2007, YouTube has been encoding their videos in both Flash format as well as h.264 (for AppleTV and iPhone).
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25 months ago
The official Youtube app has been obsolete for years. Why not just update the App too?
25 months ago
The official Youtube app has been obsolete for years. Why not just update the App too?
Because YouTube didn't write the App, Apple did?
arn
25 months ago
obsolete stock apps is an overall problem with iOS, in my eyes
(weather app!, ... stocks, for some, etc.)
it's a pity one pretty much has to create a "trash" folder for un-needed apps instead of being able to just delete them, or maybe "toggle them invisible" somewhere in the settings menu
(weather app!, ... stocks, for some, etc.)
it's a pity one pretty much has to create a "trash" folder for un-needed apps instead of being able to just delete them, or maybe "toggle them invisible" somewhere in the settings menu
25 months ago
Yeah I never use the app, I just go on the mobile site. I love the iPad mobile site, and this new iPhone one looks great too!
25 months ago
Wow. Truly a great update. High quality videos over 3G is much welcomed. Time to hide the Apple build crappy Youtube app (with it's ugly icon).
Although, the subscriptions page is of all my subs, not unseen videos :(. I'll go send them a suggestion.
Although, the subscriptions page is of all my subs, not unseen videos :(. I'll go send them a suggestion.
25 months ago
Just had a go with it and it seems ok, the only thing is I can't find any way of sorting search results by date like you can on the desktop version.
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