YouTube Mobile Receives a Kick Start
It’s very well known that one of the fastest growing markets is mobile internet but the really surprising thing is exactly the rate that it’s growing. A recent report has shown that within just five more years more users are going to be connecting to the internet through mobile devices than through their PC. The YouTube consumption rates on mobile devices are growing at considerable rates as:
• Playbacks are up 160% for 2009 than they were in 2008
It’s an exciting thing that YouTube Mobile has now received in excess of 100 million video playbacks each and every day. This is just roughly the amount of playbacks that came daily on the YouTube website when they’d joined forces back in 2006 with Google.
The YouTube mobile device launch was back in 2007 and had about 1,000 available videos on the mobile website. This launched swiftly opened the possibilities of being able to access videos while they’re on the go. Their site and mobile browsers along with the hardware had its limitations and it prevented the true mobile experience from being able to keep pace with the desktop version of YouTube.
Predominantly, we know that people want to be able to get access to the most favorite videos while they’re on the go, no matter where that might be. It is for that reason that they released the updated site version for the mobile.
The New Features
So you’re wondering what’s new about it, here it is:
• It’s amazingly fast
• The user interfaced gives much larger as well as elements that are touch-friendly which makes it much easier to access videos while on the go
Additionally, it incorporates the functionality as well as the features that people have come to expect from the main site, like the:
• Search query suggestions
• Playlist creation options
• Ability to assign the likes or dislikes of videos straight from your device
As more and more improvement have been made to YouTube.com you’re now going to see them very soon onto the mobile site unlike native applications that aren’t updated near as frequently.
With the world quickly and continuing to go more and more mobile this is an amazing improvement for those users that want more a more dependable experience no matter where they are. Right now it’s an English only launch, however, in the upcoming months it will be rolled out in many more languages. You’ll be able to access the latest and the greatest mobile site from your Android browser or iPhone.
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