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YouTube iOS App Gains Native Resolution on iPad Pro

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The YouTube app for iOS was today given a small but significant update, adding support for the iPad Pro to improve video quality on Apple's newest tablet. Since the iPad Pro was released in November, people have complained about the poor video quality of YouTube videos within the app as the content was scaled up to match the iPad Pro's resolution.

Three months later, the app is finally getting the update it needs to make watching videos via the YouTube app an enjoyable experience on the 12.9-inch iPad Pro.

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Today's update also includes a fix for a bug that could cause the keyboard to freeze when commenting and a fix for an issue that caused the app to crash after adding an account on iOS 7.

YouTube can be downloaded from the App Store for free. [Direct Link]

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originalmagneto Avatar
originalmagneto
134 months ago
No splitscreen support, no PiP, no background audio...back to ProTube on iOS Devices ;)
Score: 9 Votes (Like | Disagree)
ILikeAllOS Avatar
ILikeAllOS
134 months ago
That giant red bar with tiny icons at the top is a ridiculous use of space. That underscores for me the fundamental problem with tablets, there is so little real thought put into the form factor. Just scale stuff up and spread it out.
That's not because of tablets, it's because Google wants to use the app to push material design from Android but MD is ugly and wastes space.
Score: 5 Votes (Like | Disagree)
dschulian Avatar
dschulian
134 months ago
Cool. And now get rid of the material design on iOS and we have a nice app.
Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)
logicstudiouser Avatar
logicstudiouser
134 months ago
The app is awful. I still use it through the browser.
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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stevemiller
134 months ago
That giant red bar with tiny icons at the top is a ridiculous use of space. That underscores for me the fundamental problem with tablets, there is so little real thought put into the form factor. Just scale stuff up and spread it out.
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Maetzle Avatar
Maetzle
134 months ago
I like Googles material design, I think it looks good. The Youtube app I don't like too much though...
Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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