YouTube has updated the interface of its video player i.e. UI to make its 20th anniversary special. Now the experience of watching the video on the platform will look a bit different from before. The company has given the player a new and clean look, where the pill-shape button appears and the old gradient shed at the bottom has been removed.

In this new design, an attempt has been made to make the player controls more accessible and visible. Now options like play and poses also look different and it has become easier to use according to the touch interface.

This update of YouTube is not limited to just look. The company also added some more new features, especially for YouTube Premium users. A new feature is the option to play video playback at 4X speed, so that users will also be able to see the content at super fast speed. Till now, there was a speed option on YouTube up to 2x.

Apart from this, YouTube has also launched an AI-powered feature named “Ask for Music”. With the help of this feature, users can make their personal music stations by giving voice commands. This feature has also been launched for premium users.

Changes have also been made for the YouTube TV app. It will now be given a customizable multiview option, where users will be able to watch many live streams or videos together according to their own.

All these updates are currently rolling out slowly and in the coming weeks all users will start getting. YouTube says that these changes have been made keeping in mind the needs and feedback of users.

23 April 2005, that is, the first video was uploaded on YouTube exactly 20 years ago. This 19-second video started the era of video content on the Internet. YouTube co-founder Javed Karim uploaded the first video from “Me at the Zoo” title on 23 April 2005. In this video, he is standing in front of elephants at San Diego Zoo and talking about his long trunk. The video was shot by his high school friend Yakov Lepitsky. Perhaps they will not even know that this simple video will one day take the world of content making to the heights of the sky.

YouTube started as a simple video sharing platform. However, over time it became the world’s largest video platform. After the acquisition by Google in 2006, YouTube acquired several important milestones, such as a billion hour watch time a day. The platform introduced features such as adaptation, content ID system and shorts for mobile users, making it even more popular.

YouTube has added a small cake slider and an elephant icon in the video “Me at the Zoo” on the occasion of its 20th anniversary, which takes users to Javed Karim’s channel. Interestingly, this is the only video on Javed’s channel, but he has more than 5.34 million subscribers.

You can watch me at the zoo video below;

In recent years, YouTube has introduced the shorts feature, which brings back the style and experience of sharing short videos of the early YouTube. This indicates how the platform has returned to its original form, while on the other hand has continued to adopt advanced technology.
“Me at the Zoo” was not only the first video of YouTube, but it was also the beginning of a new digital age. This showed how a simple idea can change the world. Today, YouTube is a platform that gives millions of people a chance to share, learn and entertain their voice and skills.