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YouTube is revamping its TV app to make videos feel way more interactive


It’ll be much easier to read comments. (Never read the comments.)

“What users will be able to see on their TVs is a design solution that keeps the video front and center, but layers in the ability to access the features that make YouTube unique — all without interrupting the viewing experience,” YouTube’s Joe Hines and Aishwarya Agarwal wrote in a blog post. By shifting interactive features to the right side, YouTube is also making a renewed effort to bring shopping to the TV screen. But YouTube hasn’t quite reached the stage of letting you complete an entire transaction from your TV; instead, the app will display a QR code that you can scan to finish buying an item on your phone.

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