Google Launches Native YouTube App for iPad and Update for iPhone 5

By Rob Scott
December 6, 2012

Google has released its own YouTube app for the iPad, in addition to an update for the iPhone version.
When iOS 6 was launched by Apple in September, iPad users lost their native YouTube app. Google’s new YouTube app will give iPad users the option of not relying on third party apps.
“The company’s video streaming app has also been optimized for the iPhone 5’s larger display and beefed up with other new features, and is available now for download from the iTunes store,” reports Digital Trends.
“The new iOS YouTube app now allows videos to be streamed from your mobile device to an Apple TV, incorporates improved playlist management, and claims to start videos more quickly and play them more smoothly,” adds the post.
Additional features include include VoiceOver, that offers an alternative search method; clickable links in video descriptions; and a new sidebar for settings.
“The overall experience with the new iPad app is smooth and navigation simple,” notes Digital Trends. “However, it’d be good to have an option in settings to change the size of the thumbnails in order to show more videos on the main home screen, as only five are visible as things stand. Of course, it’s no hardship to scroll down the list but a bank of smaller thumbnails for easy scanning would be welcome.”
According to the post, more than a quarter of YouTube videos are currently viewed on a mobile device.

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