YouTube busted out – now a standalone Android Market app

[Shadez]

The gradual unwinding of Android apps from the core of the OS that we first saw begin last month with Gmail’s separation continues, with Google today launching a standalone – and updated – YouTube app on the Android Market.

The bad news is it’s for “FroYo” powered Android 2.2 devices at the moment, but the good news is… it’s ever-so-slightly different.

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Search results are marginally tidier, but the big change is that videos no longer auto-rotate themselves into landscape mode – there’s an all-new details page giving you info and related data beneath the clip as it begins to play in a tiny window at the top of the listing.

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The bad news is you’re able to easily read the comments in a separate tab. And YouTube comments are the VERY PITS of HELL.

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Still, nice refresh all the same. Keep an eye out for a Google announcement with all the details. It’ll be along soon, surely…


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[refthemc]

Cool, searching in Market now

 

[Canadroid]

And YouTube comments are the VERY PITS of HELL.

Ain't that the truth!!!

 

[DrFeelgood]

This new Youtube app is awesome, except for one major flaw. It's not refreshing my subscriptions, so I'm seeing the same "new" videos that I saw yesterday. Until this is fixed, I'll mostly use the mobile Youtube site.

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[boostedhonda]

The new app is awesome. Got it as soon as it was released.

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[warrior21]

All I get is install unsucessful when I try to download it

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[SurraTT]

All I get is install unsucessful when I try to download it

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same here 10!!!!!!!!!!!!!!