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TL;DR
- YouTube TV is reportedly getting a new mini-player on the Android app.
- The design docks a floating PiP mini-player at the backside of the app’s display.
- The mini-player matches the controversial one which Google adopted for the main YouTube app earlier this 12 months.
YouTube TV for Android is borrowing the controversial picture-in-picture mini-player from the main YouTube app. Previously, the mini-player was docked at the backside of the app, identical to the major YouTube app, which is now switching again to the old-school design.
9to5Google studies that the new PiP-style YouTube TV mini-player is now accessible with model 8.47.0 of the Android app. The mini-player options a play/pause button, 15-second rewind and ahead buttons, and a button to shut the window. Users can pinch to zoom the window.
It’s unusual that Google would undertake this new mini-player for YouTube TV after the backlash it confronted for a comparable mini-player change it beforehand made on the YouTube app. In July, Google rolled out a floating picture-in-picture (PiP) mini-player in the YouTube app. While some customers didn’t thoughts the new design, there have been many who disliked it and reported that it was stuffed with glitches.
Last month, customers seen that YouTube is returning to its unique design, with the stationary mini-player docked simply above the app’s backside bar. Many expressed aid over this revert and welcomed the return of the previous mini-player.
Here’s hoping that YouTube TV’s new mini-player design is much less glitchy and simpler to make use of than what we acquired with the YouTube app.