YouTube has announced the rollout of its new dynamic player on iOS devices. The official YouTube app will be updated to support formats other than just horizontal video viewing. These include videos that are square-shaped and in other aspect ratios like 16:9 and 4:9.
The official YouTube Twitter handle tweeted that the feature has started rolling out for iOS. However, at the moment there is no update as to when Android will recieve the new dynamic player.
The YouTube app on iOS has previously been compatible with horizontally shot videos, meaning that vertical and square videos displayed black bars around them. The new YouTube player will dynamically adapt itself for square, horizontal, and vertical videos.
If you tap on the the full-screen button, this will show the video as it was shot, without the need of black bars. The video will also shift to the traditional horizontal shape once you scroll to the contents below.
