Most of the features were earlier hidden behind a swipe-up gesture on the “more videos” section, but the new update now puts them front and centre, in the process relegating related videos to a button in the corner.
The feature change is effective only when a user is watching a YouTube video in full screen as users won’t be able to notice the change while watching a video in portrait format. But users may be more accustomed to the portrait mode as it affords them easy access to share buttons and other controls, a visible upside of the new feature coming only in full screen mode.
The new interface allows easy access to the mode that allows viewers see comments side by side with the video while in landscape. Viewers have to earlier tap on the comment section while in portrait mode to open it up, before it can be switched into full-screen mode, but the new interface affords them the opportunity of pulling them up by tapping the comment button.
The new update will be available in both iOS and Android, and according to Allison Toh, a spokesman of Google, it will begin to roll, Monday, the 7th of February 2022.
The new UI though is yet being viewed by everyone but the Monday rollout will have it available across all iOS and Android equipment.
YouTube had November last year announced that it will be hiding the public dislike counts on videos across its site.
The company then premised its decision on the objective of protecting smaller creators against being targeted by dislike attacks or harassment, while also promoting “respectful interactions between viewers and creators.” According to the announcement by YouTube, the dislike button will still be there, but it will be for private feedback, rather than public shaming.
Hurley founded YouTube in 2005 with Steve Chen and Jawed Karim. On October 16, 2006, Chen and Hurley sold YouTube to Google Inc. for $1.65 billion. It was reported in The Wall Street Journal that Hurley's share was $345.6M at Google's February 7, 2007 closing stock price of $470.01. He received 694,087 Google shares directly and another 41,232 shares in a trust.
YouTube's other two co-founders, Steve Chen and Jawed Karim, received 625,366 shares and 137,443 shares, respectively valued at $326.2M and $64.6M. The Journal's report was based on Google's registration statement with SEC filed on February 7, 2007.
Hurley stepped down as CEO of YouTube in October 2010 and stated he would stay on as an advisor of YouTube, allowing Salar Kamangar to take over the CEO position.[11]
In August 2013, Hurley launched another company called MixBit which does video editing using smartphones.[1] According to Steve Chen, it was Chad's idea to turn Avos into MixBit even before the inception of YouTube.[12]
The App resembles other famous short-video recording smartphone apps such as; Vine, Instagram and Vyclone. Its limit of recording stretches up to 256 clips, each clip can be maximum 16 seconds long. It also features the editing tools similar to its other competitor apps.[13]
Mixbit now Zeen was acquired by BlueJeans in August 2018.[14]
Formula One[edit]
Hurley was involved as a major investor with US F1 Team, one of the new entrants in Formula One automobile racing for the 2010 season. On March 2, 2010, the team's personnel were dismissed from their duties and the team was unofficially shut down. Neither Hurley, team principal Ken Anderson nor sporting director Peter Windsor would comment on the team's failure to make it to the grid.[15]
Investments[edit]
Hurley has made several investments. He is a part-owner of the NBA's Golden State Warriors and the MLS' Los Angeles Football Club.[16]
On the 25th January 2021 Hurley announced on Twitter that he had become an investor at Leeds United, the English Premier League football club.[17][18]
Personal life[edit]
Hurley was formerly married to Kathy Clark, the daughter of Silicon Valley entrepreneur James H. Clark.[19] They were divorced in 2014.[20] Hurley remarried in 2020, to Elise Walden.[21]
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