How to enable the new YouTube service design. How to enable YouTube dark mode

New YouTube design in the Material Design style has been undergoing testing in the company for almost a year now. Recently, the opportunity to try an updated version of the most popular video hosting has become available to everyone.

Google has tried to make it even easier appearance site, removing unnecessary elements from view. Now the service runs on the new Polymer framework, which greatly facilitates the development of innovations for users. The first one is night mode. The dark background tint reduces eye strain by softly highlighting the white type.

The global update is still being tested on a narrow circle of users. Others can evaluate the design by clicking on the link https://www.youtube.com/new. Just click the "Try" button and YouTube will automatically accept the new design. If the user does not like this version of the site, he can return to the old one at any time by clicking on the exit button in the upper right corner. The service will ask you to leave a review and switch to the old design.

Material Design is visually very similar to the interface mobile applications. The date of the official transition to it has not yet been reported. IN currently anyone can submit their proposal on home page YouTube.

Google designers are constantly working on updating many of the company's services. Sometimes these changes are insignificant and hardly noticeable, and sometimes they completely change the appearance of the product.

Usually global updates long time are tested on a limited circle of users and only after that they become available to everyone else. In the case of YouTube, we can now look into the future and see what the service will become in a while.

To evaluate the upcoming changes, just click on this picture. On her reverse side you will see the new YouTube.



The service interface has become even simpler. If you like the changes planned by the developers, then you can apply them now. To do this, open the developer tools with the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + Shift + I (Windows) or ⌘ + ⌥ + I (Mac) and go to the Console tab.

Here paste the line document.cookie="PREF=f6=4;path=/;domain=.youtube.com"; and press the "Enter" button on your keyboard. Close developer tools and reload the page.

If at any point you want to go back to the old design, then click on the exit icon in the lower right corner of the YouTube page. You will be asked to leave feedback on the new design and everything will be returned as it was.

Hello, friends! Just a couple of days ago, YouTube video hosting announced the start of testing a new design. I also tried this one. I will say so that go to new design both simple and complex at the same time. Therefore, I will tell you and show you how to do it quickly. Personally me new youtube design conquered, and I gladly began to use it. I don't think you will regret it either.

To upgrade your YouTube, you need to scroll the page to the very bottom and click on the inscription "New Chips" .

You will be taken to a page like the screenshot below. And on this page you need to click the button "Go to new design" .

On the next page, YouTube will brag about how good it has become and offer to press the button "Try" .

A new video hosting interface will immediately open. Note that it is now completely white. And now it is impossible to scroll the page to the end. This end simply does not exist. Scrolling is endless.

Another novelty of the new design was that the tab "My channel" is now in a completely different place. You need to look for it behind the image of your Avatar. Now, in a new design, the Avatar has become the key to many user and/or channel owner functions. See for yourself in the screenshot what features are now hidden behind your favorite Avatar.

Very interesting solution. Here, on the tab, you can turn on the so-called night mode and your YouTube will become almost black. By the way, I chose this display option for myself. If you don't like something in the new design, then you can go back to the old one from this tab.

On the tab "My channel" you will see two big blue buttons.

The first one will take you back to old design, and the second - respectively, to the creative studio, but again in the old design. I think that soon there will be no first button, and when you click on the second one, we will get to completely different views. It's still trial version, not final, because when you change back from the new design to the old one through the menu hidden behind the Avatar, you will be asked to answer several questions regarding the new item.

Blog owners are also waiting for small changes. In principle, getting a code for your video does not differ from this operation in the old design, only there are differences in the visual perception of the whole process.

I made a short video with overview new interface. Watch it, you will already have a certain idea. And already by this video You can decide to stay with the old design or switch to the new one without waiting for it to be finalized.

How do you like the new one? Agree that reading the letters is one thing, but looking at it with your eyes is quite another. I want you to decide. I'm already working on a new design. Write what choice you made. What did you not like about the new product? I look forward to your comments.

Sincerely, Sergey Pochechuev.

Google designers are constantly working on updating many of the company's services. Sometimes these changes are insignificant and hardly noticeable, and sometimes they completely change the appearance of the product.

Usually, global updates are tested for a long time on a limited circle of users and only after that they become available to everyone else. In the case of YouTube, we can now look into the future and see what the service will become in a while.

To evaluate the upcoming changes, just click on this picture. On its reverse side you will see a new YouTube.



The service interface has become even simpler. If you like the changes planned by the developers, then you can apply them now. To do this, open the developer tools with the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + Shift + I (Windows) or ⌘ + ⌥ + I (Mac) and go to the Console tab.

Here paste the line document.cookie="PREF=f6=4;path=/;domain=.youtube.com"; and press the "Enter" button on your keyboard. Close developer tools and reload the page.

If at any point you want to go back to the old design, then click on the exit icon in the lower right corner of the YouTube page. You will be asked to leave feedback on the new design and everything will be returned as it was.


Google Developers have been testing a new design of the YouTube site in the style of Material Design for a long time, and now everyone can evaluate it. The service team removed unnecessary elements that distracted users from the content, making the interface as simple and convenient as possible, and the transition to the Polymer framework will speed up the implementation of new features. One of them was the night mode with a dark design.

How to activate?

YouTube has already transferred some users to the new site design, the rest just need to go to the page youtube.com/new and click on the "Try" button. After that, you can change the light color scheme to a dark one. Night mode is enabled in the menu that opens by clicking on the user's avatar in the upper right corner of the page (or the button with three dots if the user is not logged into their account). The option to return to the classic view is also available here.

The new design of the YouTube site matches the interface of mobile applications, but when it becomes the standard - Google does not say. From the account menu, users can submit their feedback and suggestions.