YouTube app on Android and iOS is getting a brand new animation on the like button. Tapping the like button will now produce a small confetti-like animation, making the method of liking movies on the content-streaming platform a extra vibrant expertise. The function is rolling out slowly. The animation on the YouTube like button was noticed earlier this 12 months by way of Reddit. The like button on YouTube Web has no adjustments as of now. Earlier this month, reviews had come out suggesting that YouTube is perhaps planning to enhance the podcast ingestion onto its platform.

The new animation on the like button just isn’t a serious design change to the platform however it makes the method of liking movies extra enjoyable. Upon hitting the like button, multi-coloured confetti and streamers come out earlier than settling into the black thumbs-up. The function is rolling out slowly for the YouTube app on each Android and iOS. Hitting the like button on YouTube Web simply switches the clean thumbs-up right into a black one. The design change hasn’t been built-in into YouTube Web but.

According to 9to5Google, the like button animation was first spotted by Redditor @u/LanDest021 earlier this 12 months.

Earlier this 12 months, reviews had come out suggesting that YouTube is meant to be planning to enhance the podcast ingestion onto its platform. An 84-page doc was allegedly leaked that is stated to stipulate the roadmap laid out by the corporate. The doc is believed to be supposed for podcast publishers. There can also be anticipated to be a brand new podcast homepage with a well-known YouTube structure.

The report advised that YouTube will get a devoted ‘Podcasts’ homepage at youtube.com/podcasts (URL is at present not working) for improved search and discovery. YouTube can also be stated to be planning to carry audio advertisements bought by each Google and different companions for its viewers listening to music, podcasts, and different audio content material.