Published 15:19 IST, August 7th 2020
What happened to YouTube homepage layout on iPads and how to fix it?
What happened to YouTube homepage layout on iPads? YouTube has changed the app layout for iPads with larger video thumbnails. Here's how you can fix it.
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YouTube is one of biggest video sharing platforms that attracts billions of hours worth of views every month. platform has rapidly grown over years, thanks to original content from creators and timely dition of new functionalities and features from company.
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popular video distribution platform is also kwn to experiment with its layout and play around with video thumbnails. re have been several instances in past where YouTube has me its thumbnail larger, but it h to revert back to its original thumbnail due to poor reception from community. company is w experimenting with a similar design layout for iPs where video thumbnail appears ticeably larger than expected.
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What happened to YouTube homep?
YouTube has rolled out a new app update for iPs where it has scaled layout, making video thumbnail appear a lot bigger and take up entirety of screen. And while this may be ideal for mobile devices, it seems to be frustrating for a lot of iP users who are taking to social media platforms and YouTube Community p to express ir concern.
You can check out a screenshot shared by a user that shows homep setup and layout after recent YouTube update for iPs.
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Im credits: Tetiana Dits | YouTube Help Community
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larger thumbnails take up entire screen inste of standard tiles that were available prior to latest update. This means that users will t only see fewer videos at a time, but y will have to do a lot of scrolling.
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YouTube iP layout - How to fix it?
A number of users are mostly concerned if re’s a workaround to issue or a way to just size of thumbnail to fit multiple smaller ones on home p. And while YouTube doesn’t offer any such customization, it appears that company has restored original layout for certain users.
It is t clear at moment if company has switched back to original layout with a global update or it's just for a few users, as certain users continue to report issue.
However, if you’re stuck with same layout, you can he over to App Store and try updating device manually, if any recent update is available. If t, your only option is to wait until an update finally arrives.
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15:19 IST, August 7th 2020