Rounded corners seem to make everything look better, it seems. This is what YouTube thinks, as people are starting to see rounded corners for their YouTube videos. This is part of a redesign that the company is going through right now. The company didn’t officially announce this, but a YouTube spokesperson Allison Toh confirmed this with The Verge.
YouTube for desktop is sporting rounded corners
This might be a pleasant surprise for people who often watch YouTube videos. Users are opening up videos to see that they’re housed in rounded squares. The radius of the corners isn’t all that extreme, but this change gives the videos a nice look. The corners won’t remain round when you enter theater mode, however.

The rounded corners on the videos match the corners on the thumbnails. This gives the interface an overall more consistent look and feel. If you don’t see this change, don’t worry; YouTube is still rolling out this change.
This change isn’t surprising
The fact that YouTube is rounding out the edges of its videos shouldn’t come as a shock. This is the direction that modern UIs are going. A good example is Google with Material You. In Android 11, there were some UI elements that were rounded, but they weren’t as extreme as what we got with Material You. Everything turned to rounded bubbles from buttons to menus. This is the aesthetic that Google is pushing to all of its products.
Another good example, though not as extreme, is Microsoft with Windows 11. In the latest version of Windows, many of the UI elements that had sharp corners are now rounded. It gives the interface a softer appearance.
So, it’s no shocker that YouTube is following this trend. The round aesthetic characterizes the modern user interface. In fact, YouTube is going to redesign the Skip Ads button. Instead of being a large rectangle, it’s going to be turned into a small pill-shaped button.The post YouTube for desktop is sporting rounded corners appeared first on Android Headlines.

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