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According to the email content received by YouTube TV subscribers, the Dark Theme interface was deployed on the platform in mid-August. A source from Android Police confirms Google's official announcement on this matter.
Google states that implementing the Dark Theme interface on YouTube TV reduces screen brightness contrast, providing users with a better viewing experience and eye comfort while watching movies or videos. The Dark Theme switch option is now available in the settings menu.
Once the option is activated, the entire website will adopt a dark theme interface as shown below, including the background, main screen, settings, and various other menus.
YouTube TV web platform adds Dark Theme interface
Previously, YouTube TV utilized a white app bar with shortcut buttons for navigating the Library, Home, and Live sections at the bottom of the screen. However, the bright interface almost gave users a feeling of glare.
Now everything on the player window adopts a dark theme interface, even on the YouTube app for mobile devices, allowing users to browse suggested videos seamlessly without interruption by images.
On the help page, Google states that the Dark Theme interface is now available for YouTube TV web platform and the company will soon roll out the interface on other platforms such as Android and iOS.
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To activate the Dark Theme interface on YouTube TV web platform, simply click on your profile picture at the top right corner of the screen, select Settings. The Dark theme menu will appear at the bottom corner of the screen along with a toggle switch, just click the switch to turn on/off the dark theme.
There are numerous software or online services available to help you download YouTube videos to your computer or laptop, allowing you to watch them at different leisure times. You can choose any method of downloading YouTube videos that suits you best.
If you're using an iPhone, you need to be cautious as recently, some security researchers have discovered a new CSS-based vulnerability causing iPhones to freeze. Currently, Apple has not released a fix for this issue, so users may encounter some glitches when using browsers like Edge, Safari 11, IE 11 on iPhone.
