YouTube adds very convenient iPhone homescreen widgets

YouTube is Google’s newest app so as to add iPhone and iPad homescreen widgets with one in all them particularly offering very handy shortcuts.

“Fast Actions” measures 4×2 and is billed as “the quickest approach to search and browse YouTube.” There’s a “Search YouTube” area up prime that instantly launches that UI with the keyboard open, whereas the microphone icon brings up voice lookup. 

You then have “House,” “Shorts,” and “Subscriptions” to open these respective feeds instantly. Define-style icons that seem within the backside bar are utilized by this widget. The latter shortcut is kind of handy, whereas the center one does replicate YouTube’s immense short-form video focus. 

There’s additionally a 2×2 “Search” widget that additionally has a black or white background (primarily based on system theme) and simply permits for fast textual content entry. 

YouTube for iPhone and iPad’s new homescreen widgets rolled out someday up to now two weeks, and we’re seeing them dwell with model 17.40.5 as we speak. As all the time, you’ll want to open the app first after updating earlier than long-pressing in your homescreen and launching the widget picker from the top-left nook.

The final main drop of iOS widgets by Google was firstly of 2022 with Inbox from Gmail, XL iPad choices by Drive, and Translate shortcuts. In the meantime, the corporate earlier this week completed rolling out its six Lock Display widgets.

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