Get to know the new viewing experience

We’ve updated the viewing experience to put more focus on the video and make it easier for viewers to engage while watching.

To start, the new experience will appear to viewers of Unlisted, Private, and Password-protected videos. The experience will roll out to Public videos in the coming months.

What’s changed

For now, you’ll notice a few changes:

• More focus on the video
  Videos take center stage in the new viewing experience, filling the top of the screen.
• Easier access to video details
  Video details like title and description are easier to reference while watching.
• Improvements to engagement
  It’s now easier to engage with videos while you watch, with comments, sharing, downloads, and likes all easy to access below the video player.
• New access point for transcripts
  For videos with transcripts, you’ll now access them from within the video player.

Here is what the new video page looks like:

And here is the same page with the comments panel open:

We’ve made a lot of changes behind the scenes, too. They won’t impact you just yet, but they’ll allow us to bring more consistency and additional improvements to the viewing experience.