{"id":29922,"date":"2017-05-04T21:01:39","date_gmt":"2017-05-04T13:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/?p=29922"},"modified":"2023-04-06T19:23:10","modified_gmt":"2023-04-06T11:23:10","slug":"youtube-new-material-design-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/youtube-new-material-design-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Experience YouTube&#8217;s Awesome New Material Design Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Google has been hard at work rolling out a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/material-design-chrome-extensions-tab\/\">Material Design<\/a> based look for all of its apps and services. Now, after undergoing months of alpha and beta testing, the <strong>Material Design update is hitting YouTube as well<\/strong>, and Google is giving everyone the ability to preview the changes.<\/p>\n<p>To <strong>access to YouTube\u2019s Material Design preview<\/strong>, all you need to do is visit this<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/new\">website<\/a> <\/strong>and click on the <strong>Go To YouTube<\/strong> button. Once done, your YouTube will automatically be defaulted to the Material Design look.<\/p>\n<p class=\"recommended_top\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Read Also:<\/strong>\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/material-design-chrome-extensions-tab\/\">How to Enable \u201cMaterial Design\u201d in Google Chrome<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/youtube-new-material-design-update\/youtube-new-design.jpg\" width=\"784\" height=\"441\" alt=\"youtube new design\"><figcaption>YouTube\u2019s new Material Design look<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The first thing you\u2019ll notice about the <strong>Material Design-based YouTube<\/strong> is the <strong>cleaner looking sidebar<\/strong>, which now sports icons that are more in line with Android\u2019s design style.<\/p>\n<p>On top of that, this Material Design-based YouTube is built on Google\u2019s own Polymer framework. According to Google,<strong> this framework allows it to develop new features <\/strong>for the video streaming site at a faster pace.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/youtube-new-material-design-update\/02-polymer-frame-work.jpg\" width=\"223\" height=\"533\" alt=\"polymer framework\"><\/figure>\n<p>Finally, the Material Design-based YouTube <strong>brings with it Dark Theme<\/strong>. As the name implies, Dark Theme is a setting found under your profile that lets you <strong>toggle the colour of YouTube\u2019s background between black or white<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/youtube-new-material-design-update\/youtube-new-design-dark-theme.jpg\" width=\"784\" height=\"441\" alt=\"youtube new new design dark theme\"><figcaption>YouTube in Dark Theme<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This allows you to browse YouTube at low light locations for an extended period of time without <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/tools-reduce-computer-eye-strain\/\">straining your eyes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/youtube-new-material-design-update\/03-switch-theme.jpg\" width=\"301\" height=\"299\" alt=\"switch theme\"><\/figure>\n<p>If YouTube\u2019s new look and feel is unappealing to you, you can <strong>choose to go back to the old YouTube style<\/strong> simply by selecting the<strong>\"Restore classic YouTube\"<\/strong>option found in your profile menu.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/youtube-new-material-design-update\/04-classic-youtube.jpg\" width=\"297\" height=\"467\" alt=\"classic youtube\"><\/figure>\n<p class=\"recommended_top\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Read Also:<\/strong>\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/youtube-channels\/\">10 Beautifully Designed YouTube Channels<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google has been hard at work rolling out a new Material Design based look for all of its apps and services. 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