Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority
TL;DR YouTube is trying out a new look for the icon you use to submit comments in the mobile app.
Instead of a black-and-white line drawing of an arrow, YouTube is replacing it with a white arrow in a red circle.
What’s the easiest way to upset YouTube users? That’s simple: change anything at all in the app. OK, maybe we kid a little bit, but if it’s not YouTube users getting upset at age checks, or getting upset at unskippable ads, they’re getting upset about any change to the YouTube interface. It’s enough such that whenever we spot something new in the app, we almost instinctually brace ourselves for the coming pushback. And right now, there’s something new.
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Earlier this week, users like Cleaner900playz on Reddit’s YouTube sub started sharing their latest find: a new design for the arrow icon you tap to post comments on videos.
Zac Kew-Denniss / Android Authority
Today, we’re starting to see the same new very, very red arrow in the YouTube Android app on many of our own devices — it doesn’t seem to have hit everyone just yet, but appears to be currently rolling out to more and more of us.
As changes go, this one feels pretty darn innocuous. Really, the biggest thing we expect users to notice is that the old black-and-white submission arrow now lives in a red circle. Compared to the previous look (below), we spot a few other design tweaks, but let’s not kid ourselves here: It’s all about the red.
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