\nThe post YouTube Now Allows Rotating Shorts: Do We Really Need It? appeared first on Android Headlines.
\n
![](\"https:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/AH-YouTube-Shorts-1.jpg\")
\nSource: ndroidheadlines.com <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
YouTube Shorts has become a popular source of entertainment for everyone out there. Thanks to its popularity, Shorts has hit a massive milestone of 200 billion average daily views. While Shorts imitates the likes of Instagram Reels and TikTok, YouTube now allows you to rotate it as well. Generally, when we speak of a short video format like YouTube Shorts, the only thing that comes to our mind is endless vertical scrolling. Well, that\u2019s changed, at least according to a new report by Android Authority.\u00a0<\/p>\n
You can now rotate Shorts from YouTube\u2019s accessibility settings<\/p>\n
Folks over at Android Authority spotted a new setting related to YouTube Shorts that allows you to rotate it. In other words, you can watch Shorts in landscape mode, other than the popular vertical mode. The news outlet found this setting in the YouTube app\u2019s Settings > Accessibility, on one of its Pixel 9 Pro XL. As seen in the screenshot below, there\u2019s an option called \u201cRotate Shorts,\u201d with a toggle alongside.\u00a0<\/p>\n
When enabled, YouTube Shorts will be rotated in landscape mode. Ideally, we generally consume short-form video formats like YouTube Shorts vertically. Now that there\u2019s an option to rotate YouTube Shorts, a question might pop into everyone\u2019s head: Is it necessary?\u00a0<\/p>\n
Practically, a landscape mode for YouTube Shorts is simply a waste of screen space. When you rotate YouTube Shorts, almost 70% of the screen remains unusable, with gray bars in your sight. So, why did YouTube make such a change? Since the option is available under the accessibility settings, it might not be for everyone.\u00a0<\/p>\n
youtube android accessibility setting rotate shorts<\/p>\n
youtube android shorts in landscape<\/p>\n
Possible use case of the new orientation<\/p>\n
One possible use case that the outlet notes is that this feature could be useful for people with motor disabilities, who can\u2019t keep rotating their phones. If not, it can be for those who keep their phone mounted and don\u2019t want to or can\u2019t reach it, to turn it around. When enabled, YouTube\u2019s new \u201cRotate Shorts\u201d toggle overrides the system\u2019s disabled auto-screen rotate feature as well.\u00a0<\/p>\n
If you are eager to try out this feature, make sure to update the YouTube app to the latest version available. But, there\u2019s no guarantee that you\u2019ll find it since YouTube could be rolling it out in batches. Moreover, Google appears to be testing this as a server-side update; it\u2019s live on v20.26.31 and above.
\nThe post YouTube Now Allows Rotating Shorts: Do We Really Need It? appeared first on Android Headlines.
\n
\nSource: ndroidheadlines.com
<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
YouTube Shorts has become a popular source of entertainment for everyone out there. Thanks to its popularity, Shorts has hit […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":17117,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bez-kategorii"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/76"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17116"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17116\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17118,"href":"https:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17116\/revisions\/17118"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}