YouTube Mobile

Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide - Posted Thu, 08 Jul 2010 00:00:00 UTC +00:00

While everyone and their mother has an app these days, Google's decided to emphasize YouTube's mobile site as the wave of the future. It's faster and more feature-filled than the YouTube app; they even made a video to prove it. Crucially, the video quality is much better. There are also features packed into the mobile site that aren't available on the app, including the option to like or dislike a video, suggested search results, and the ability to create playlists. According to Google, the YouTube site can also be updated more quickly and frequently than native apps, meaning that mobile browser users will get the best of YouTube first. It's clearly a bid by Google to acclimate people to web-based apps, and why shouldn't they? A native app like YouTube on the iPhone is subject to the whims of Apple—as a small for instance, the YouTube app still uses the five-star Read More

MobileBeat | VentureBeat - Posted Thu, 08 Jul 2010 00:00:00 UTC +00:00

Viewing YouTube videos on your smartphone just got a whole lot easier. The video site this morning unveiled a new version of its mobile website — accessible by going to m.youtube.com in your phone’s browser — and it looks to be the best YouTube experience on any mobile platform so far. The site is compatible with any HTML5 mobile web browser, including the iPhone’s and Android’s. YouTube boasts that, compared to the previous mobile version, the new site is much faster, features better video quality, and is up-to-date with the site’s latest features (like the ability to “like” or “unlike” videos). More importantly for iPhone users, the new site is also vastly superior to the native iOS YouTube application, which is outdated (it still uses the older star rating method for videos), and is under Apple’s control. YouTube will also be able to roll out new features to the mobile site Read More

Technology News - CNET News - Posted Thu, 08 Jul 2010 00:00:00 UTC +00:00

SAN BRUNO, Calif.--YouTube has redesigned its mobile site, hoping to get more and more smartphone users watching its videos through the browser, rather than through native applications. YouTube's new mobile site should go live Wednesday afternoon. The company will unveil the new design at m.youtube.com this afternoon, said Andrey Doronichev, product manager for YouTube Mobile, during a briefing Wednesday morning here at YouTube's headquarters. The main idea is to replicate the desktop PC-based YouTube experience in the mobile browser, or to at least get as close as possible, he said. At the moment, mobile YouTube visitors play around 100 million videos a day, Doronichev said; roughly equivalent to the same number of videos that were being played on the original YouTube site when it was acquired by Google in 2006. But the mobile site itself is hard to navigate, and the primary source of mobile YouTube viewing--the native iPhone application--has lagged Read More

Technology - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com - Posted Thu, 08 Jul 2010 00:00:00 UTC +00:00

What’s the difference between the new version of YouTube’s mobile Web site and the Apple-created YouTube application that is installed on every iPhone? The Web site is a lot better. At least that’s the subtext of a video that YouTube released as it announced the overhaul of the mobile site on Wednesday. The site (in English only for now) has a number of new features that match those found on the normal YouTube site and are devised to cater to the growing number of mobile YouTube users. Andrey Doronichev, a product manager on the YouTube mobile team, wrote on the company’s blog that the mobile site, which was introduced in 2007, serves up 100 million video plays a day. But there’s more to the company’s promotional video than meets the eye. Here’s a dissection of its subliminal messages, with images from the video. 0:09 A finger reaches from below an iPhone’s screen Read More

Lifehacker, tips and downloads for getting things done - Posted Thu, 08 Jul 2010 00:00:00 UTC +00:00

YouTube just rolled out a new version of their mobile site at m.youtube.com, featuring an arguably better interface and higher quality video playback than what's offered in the iPhone's native YouTube application. Putting aside the drama of Google releasing this as an in-your-face move to Apple (iOS devices all have a native YouTube app built in that lacks a lot of the features you can get in the new mobile version, and the new mobile site actively prompts you to add it as a home screen bookmark), the new mobile YouTube site works on both iPhone and Android devices and is a nice step forward for mobile browsers supporting HTML5. Nice features you can now get from the mobile site (that you can't get from the native iPhone application) include auto-suggest search results and playlist creation. More importantly, though, web apps can iteratively upgrade in small doses at any time, so Read More

The Next Web - Posted Thu, 08 Jul 2010 00:00:00 UTC +00:00

Faster and bigger and easier, oh my! According to the YouTube Blog, the site has just upgraded its mobile version with many new features. Here’s the video: Now we’ll have full social function on the YouTube, including favorites, like and unlike and even full search functions.  According to the blog, here’s the full run down: I can tell you, first hand, that the improved quality is huge.  Watching a few videos, even over 3G, on my phone’s browser is a massive jump from the native Android application.  Apparently the site has caught wind of the fact that we’re watching more mobile video, and we want it to be good. YouTube also takes a moment to put things into perspective for us.  Apparently the mobile site is pushing out 100 million video playbacks daily.  That number is “roughly the number of daily playbacks that YouTube.com was streaming when we joined forces with Read More

The Economics of Content | paidContent - Posted Thu, 08 Jul 2010 00:00:00 UTC +00:00

YouTube is giving its mobile site an overhaul, which is designed to bring much of the functionality of the YouTube website to the mobile version, which the company now says gets more than 100 million views a day. In a blog post announcing the changes, YouTube says the new mobile version is faster and will include “the options to create playlists” and “the ability to designate ‘favorite,’ ‘like,’ or ‘unlike’ videos”—features previously relegated to the web. It also has new, “touch-friendly elements.” The company seems intent on pushing the mobile version of the site, as opposed to its smartphone apps, noting that “as we make improvements to Youtube.com, you’ll see them quickly follow on our mobile site, unlike native apps which are not updated as frequently.” That’s something the company also emphasized at a briefing with reporters this morning, according to reports by CNET’s Tom Krazit and by TechCrunch’s Jason Kincaid, Read More

Engadget - Posted Thu, 08 Jul 2010 00:00:00 UTC +00:00

Looks like YouTube's having quite the day. The site has officially rolled out Leanback, its television-friendly interface first espied during Google TV's big unveiling. The interface works via keyboard arrow keys -- sorry, no option to use the mouse -- letting you scroll through your feeds / recommendations, categories, playback options, and search bar. Videos encompass the entire browser menu and will crank up the HD when available. So far, we're seeing snappy response with navigation, and some utter embarrassment at the (unfortunately accurate) suggestions YouTube is throwing our way. Meanwhile on the handheld front, YouTube's also pushed live a new mobile site. New touted features include a more touch-friendly UI, further incorporation of the main site's elements such as favorites and ratings, and a generally speedier existence. YouTube also promises to work at bringing update parity across its desktop and portable kin, "unlike native apps which are not updated as Read More

ReadWriteWeb - Web Apps, Web Technology Trends, Social Networking and Social Media - Posted Thu, 08 Jul 2010 00:00:00 UTC +00:00

YouTube just announced a new version of its mobile site and it's getting a fair amount of attention. But if you're an iPhone user, is it really any better than the Apple-built native YouTube app? The answer to that question depends on how important video quality is to you. If you're like me and tend to play YouTube videos with your phone in your pocket, listening to the audio while you walk your dogs (named Camas and Sammy - ok, so you don't have to be exactly like me) then the native iPhone app is probably just as good if not better still. The new home page of the mobile web app takes on the familiar look of the Facebook iPhone app - the grid of various options. YouTube emphasizes that there are many things you can do on the regular web site that you can now do on the mobile Read More

Social Media News and Web Tips – Mashable – The Social Media Guide - Posted Thu, 08 Jul 2010 00:00:00 UTC +00:00

by YouTube has launched an updated version of its mobile website, complete with a redesigned interface, better touchscreen features and, most importantly, high quality (HQ) video streams. At an intimate press event at YouTube’s headquarters in San Bruno, California, the Google-owned video service demoed its newest mobile product, which will roll out to users starting today. The focus was not on any new apps for Android, iPhone or other mobile devices, but on m.youtube.com, the mobile browser version of the popular Internet destination. The new YouTube for mobile provides an updated navigation and UI for easier browsing. The home screen is similar to what you find in the Facebook iPhone app — there are rows of icons for different options such as Browse, Favorites, Playlists, Settings and Home. YouTube Mobile Product Manager Andrey Doronichev told us that the product is designed for touchscreen devices especially, which make up the vast majority Read More

Technology News, Tech Product Reviews, Research and Enterprise Analysis - eWeek - Posted Thu, 08 Jul 2010 00:00:00 UTC +00:00

By: Nicholas Kolakowski 2010-07-07 Article Rating: / 3 YouTube is offering an updated version of its mobile site, with an eye toward giving users a more streamlined and faster interface for watching video while on the go. “YouTube consumption on mobile devices has also grown considerably,” Andrey Doronichev, a YouTube product manager, wrote in a July 7 posting on the Official YouTube Blog. “Playbacks were up 160 percent in 2009 over the previous year. And we’re excited to announce that YouTube Mobile receives more than 100 million video playbacks a day. This is roughly the number of daily playbacks that YouTube.com was streaming when we joined forces with Google in 2006.” YouTube on mobile devices was originally launched in 2007, Doronichev added, with roughly 1,000 videos available. However, the technology at the time “had limitations that prevented the mobile experience from keeping up with YouTube on the desktop.” In that spirit, YouTube has Read More

TechCrunch - Posted Thu, 08 Jul 2010 00:00:00 UTC +00:00

If you’ve got a phone with an HTML5 compliant browser, you’ll probably want to check out YouTube’s new mobile site, which is rolling out over the next few hours at m.youtube.com. It’s a major upgrade from the old mobile web app, with a more polished UI and better load times. It also uses plenty of HTML5 features, including the video tag. But most important is the fact that the web app has superior video quality when compared to native applications —  namely the iPhone’s — and it will soon feature more content as well. It’s also widely available, with support for nearly any HTML5 compliant mobile browser, including those on the iPhone and Android devices. Of course, YouTube already has a mobile application with massive install base — every iOS device, all 100 million of them, came with a native YouTube application. But during a presentation at YouTube’s headquarters today, product Read More

IntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis - Posted Thu, 08 Jul 2010 00:00:00 UTC +00:00

Google has revamped its YouTube Mobile site and it features a good dose of HTML5. Google said the new version of YouTube Mobile could be faster and offer better video quality than the native app version on devices like the Apple iPhone. This is possible because Apple does the heavy lifting on the iPhone app and it still uses an older streaming standard that’s meant for slower mobile Internet speeds. The new YouTube Mobile utilizes the HTML5 video standard that can be played directly in the browser on devices like the Apple iPhone or Android-powered Motorola Droid X. The new YouTube Mobile is also being rolled out over the next few hours, which would explain why some of the team’s units can play videos in the browser and mine can’t. Other features include: - It’s really fast. - The user interface incorporates larger, more touch-friendly elements, making it easier to access Read More