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YouTube update rolling out, brings Material Design and more
July 25, 2025
TheYouTubeapp for Android is rolling out an update to version 6.0 right now. The update finally bringsMaterial Designto the app, and a little tweaking to the navigation panel as well and some updated search functionality.
YouTube for Android is available forfree from the Google Play Store, but chances are you’ve already got it installed. The update began rolling out this afternoon and should find its way to your device over the weekend.
TheMaterial Designupdates are about what you would expect.YouTubegets the color red, as you’d probably guess. Inside the app, however, YouTube is leveraging the Lollipop Palette API, which pulls colors from the a given channel and to determine what the top splash color should be. As it turns out, Android Authority scores the color blue.
In the left menu, your profile pic turns into a circle, in addition to the remaining Material Design backdrop styling. The Playlists section has also been removed.
In the settings menu, you’ll find a few items moved around. Safe Search now lives within your General settings, and the old Search category has been renamed Privacy. Best of all, the Privacy section now includes a one tap option to clear your Watch history.
YouTube6.0 is rolling out now, grab afresh copy from the Google Play Storeor hang on tight, it is rolling out as we speak. If all else fails, and you just do not wish to wait, it is possible that afew folkshave captured theapk(direct link) for download. Please remember to verify the download before install.
Material Design on YouTube, are you excited?
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