New YouTube app for iPhone: iPad owners left in the lurch
We knew Google was working on a standalone YouTube app for iOS devices ever since Apple announced YouTube would no longer be included by default in the upcoming iOS 6 software release. Now it’s finally here, sporting all new features – but not if you’ve got an iPad...
The new YouTube app is free and available for iPhone and iPod touch users today from iTunes: it’s been given a bit of a facelift and now follows similar design guidelines to Google’s Google+ iOS app.
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More importantly though, it can do much more than before: all sorts of videos that were previously inaccessible can now be played on the YouTube iPhone app, including official music videos. Swipe to the side and you can browse through channels easily, while search boxes now provide drop down auto suggestions like on the YouTube desktop site. And like the Android YouTube app, you can now easily share clips to other services and apps from a pop up menu.
What’s the catch? The YouTube iOS app hasn’t been optimised for iPad yet, so while tablet owners can download it and try it out, it’ll be upscaled and will look appalling. Google says a version for iPad is due in the “coming months” – let’s hope that’s before iOS 6 rolls out and people find their YouTube fix taken from them….
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H1ghwaystar11 September 2012
Not showing on my app store at the moment. Don't forget you can still acces YouTube from your browser on iPhone and iPad so everyone can still get their fix.
Report as inappropriateNate Jones11 September 2012
Agreed. I can't see it on the App store yet but I usually use the site through the browser as it has complete results and I can send the videos to my ps3 app to play on my tv :)
Report as inappropriateTynesider11 September 2012
Same here, it's not showing up yet.
Report as inappropriateAnonymous11 September 2012
Yeah I can't see it either on iTunes, my daughter will be happy when she upgrades to IOS6 on her new iPad3 then when she can't play any videos anymore!
Report as inappropriateKenny11 September 2012
http://itunes.apple.com/app/youtube/id544007664
Report as inappropriateDarrell Saxton11 September 2012
Ive got it this morning. It's so much better than the old app.
Report as inappropriateDarrell11 September 2012
http://getap.ps/+544007664/!tnw
Report as inappropriateBenjiemc11 September 2012
But if your one of the many people who have a jailbroken apple device you could just get it off installous :D
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