Why trust Greenbot’s minions are at it again, this time tweaking settings in ay Books potentially sneaking in some virtual reality tools into YouTube.
th version 10.32 of YouTube for Android, you’ll see switches replacing checkboxes in keeping with ’s evolving design choices.
But it’s what’s under the hood that’s most interesting. According to an A teardown by Android lice, the app’s developer settings screen includes the following code snippet: enable_vr_if_supported. YouTube already supports 360-degree videos Cardboard, so this would seem like a logical new feature to support.
Additionally, a few other code strings refer to variable speed playback, which speeds up a track to play faster than normal.
As for ay Books, added a dedicated toggle for tap-to-scroll, which allows you to move from one page to another with a quick tap instead of a swipe.
th the new Remember Zoom feature, when you turn the page the app will now keep the same text width. This way you don’t have to keep zooming in with each new page if you want a tighter view.
If you don’t have the updates yet, you can grab YouTube or ay Books from A Mirror.
y this matters: YouTube is one of ’s key products, the company keeps pushing it into other areas like live streaming integration with ay Music. It’s worth watching how these big ambitions work their way into new Android features.
