YouTube surprise, 20 fun ‘like’ button animations
From cats to crickets, YouTube's new custom button animations are a real surprise for users.
YouTube has introduced new custom button animations that change depending on the content genre. These animations appear in videos with themes such as music, movies, animals, sports, and more others.
YouTube recently released a new interface for web, mobile, and TV. While some people are getting a kick out of the changes, some of the smaller elements are getting positive reviews. For example, YouTube now has custom “like” button animations for specific video genres, and users are excited to see them scattered across the platform like Easter eggs.
If you’re curious about what they are, and don’t mind spoilers, here’s a look at all the new “like” button animations.
There are a total of 20 new like button animations, ranging from sports to movie genres. YouTube has detailed the change, though the specific icons don’t appear to have been revealed.
One X user Andreas Storm has collected all the new YouTube like button animations, which you can check out in the video below:
The button animations only last about one second. Many characters are added to each animation. Here is a short list of each category:
- Motorvehicle
- Learning
- Music
- Film
- Travel
- Basketball
- Football
- Cricket
- Soccer
- Baseball
- Tennis
- Cooking
- Cat
- Dog
- Comedy
- Horror
- Love
- Romance
- Thriller
- TV
It’s worth noting that the new animations only apply to full-length YouTube videos. They haven’t yet made their way to YouTube Shorts.
This isn’t a huge change by any means, and it doesn’t necessarily mean YouTube will be a success or a failure. It’s just a subtle visual refresh that gives the platform a sense of playfulness and individuality that it desperately needed after recent updates focused on functionality over form.
The new like button animations should be available if you’re already familiar with YouTube’s new user interface.
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