The YouTube app on TV streaming devices had always felt like playing hopscotch over a bunch of tires. Streaming apps need to be clean and clutter-free, since you’re using them through a remote control, a relatively clunky interface compared to a computer’s cursor or a handheld device’s touchscreen.

Even though Google (owner of YouTube) has been teasing a major redesign of its YouTube app (not the YouTube TV app, which is a separate subscription service for watching live TV) for most of 2025, it finally arrived on Thursday, December 11, 2025.

the new look

Video titles now move to the top left of the player. You can no longer click it, which on the face of it sounds like the removal of a feature, but it’s one less thing to scroll through (either on purpose or accidentally) with the remote

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