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TL;DR YouTube is testing a redesigned mobile feed layout that moves the Subscriptions tab from the bottom bar to a swipeable top navigation area.
The new interface lets users switch between feeds with horizontal swipes instead of extra taps.
YouTube is also experimenting with relocating sections like Movies and TV, though the test is currently limited to select Android and iPhone users.
A social media feed can completely shape how you use an app, and YouTube knows that better than most. Just recently, the platform started letting users hide Shorts from the Home feed entirely. It is a deceptively useful change if you are tired of opening the app for one video and somehow resurfacing 40 minutes later in an endless scroll loop.
Now, YouTube appears to be experimenting with another major tweak to its app’s organization. In a new post on Google’s community support forums, a company employee confirmed that YouTube is testing a redesigned mobile feed navigation system to make it easier and faster to reach different content sections.
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At the moment, Subscriptions lives in YouTube’s bottom navigation bar. Getting there requires an extra tap, which may not sound like much, but on an app people open dozens of times a day, even small bits of friction add up. YouTube’s test appears to remove that extra step entirely by shifting feed categories to the top of the screen and making them swipeable.
Shimul Sood / Android Authority
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