YouTube’s latest UI change improves how you get to a video’s juicy bits
The update adds a visual timeline indicator when double-tapping to skip.
YouTube may be introducing a new seek user interface (UI) on Android devices that displays the amount of time users have skipped through a video. This change is currently only affecting some stable YouTube app installations on Android, and it's unclear whether it will be rolled out to all devices. The modification could be part of a larger UI overhaul for the video platform.
YouTube's interface has been subject to frequent changes recently. The company had recently been trialing a new button layout on Android that eliminated text labels from video controls. The latest tweak involves the double-tap gesture used to skip forward or backward in videos. With the existing interface, users can double-tap the right side of the screen to jump forward or the left side to rewind. Touching and holding the scrub bar allows for manual video navigation.
In the current layout, double-tapping to skip ahead or backward does not indicate how much time has been moved. However, when using the manual scrubbing method, YouTube displays the amount of time skipped in the video interface, as illustrated in the accompanying screenshot.
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