What is the new feature on YouTube?

YouTube has added a new playback feature to its web player and mobile apps that helps users identify the most replayed parts of a video they’re watching (via TechCrunch). Going forward, a gray graph will appear along the top of the video progress bar.

What type of player is YouTube?

YouTube today announced it has finally stopped using Adobe Flash by default. The site now uses its HTML5 video player by default in Google’s Chrome, Microsoft’s IE11, Apple’s Safari 8, and in beta versions of Mozilla’s Firefox browser. At the same time, YouTube is now also defaulting to its HTML5 player on the web.

What is the graph on YouTube videos?

As per YouTube: “The peaks of the graph indicate the parts of the video that have been most replayed, and the graph will only appear if the user starts seeking. We found in our experiments that viewers love this feature, with 85% of users liking the option.”

Did YouTube change the interface?

According to a report by The Verge, YouTube has a new look that changes the user interface of the video streaming platform via the app versions it has for Android and iOS. The new look focuses on a change on the buttons and refreshes the player’s look that users experience once they receive the silent update.

Who developed the YouTube?

YouTube, Web site for sharing videos. It was registered on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim, three former employees of the American e-commerce company PayPal.

When did YouTube switch to HTML5?

YouTube first introduced HTML5 support back in 2010. At the time it was still highly experimental. Over the years, as the HTML5 standard — and with it, its video implementation — matured, browser vendors started adding some of the features that were still missing in the early versions.

Which country uses YouTube the most?

India
As of April 2022, India was the country with the largest YouTube audience by far, with approximately 467 million users engaging with the popular social video platform. The United States followed, with around 247 million YouTube viewers. Indonesia came in third, with 139 million users watching content on YouTube.