YouTube rolls out its redesigned video playerglobally

YouTube is bringing a wave of quality of life improvements to its platform. These visual updates and new features will roll out globally starting this week.The main update to YouTube is a redesigned video player that has made the icons and UI elements to obscure less content. This new player design will appear on mobile, web and TV devices. Some users have had access to this feature for about a month, so it may not be brand new to everyone. The seek feature where a viewer can double-tap to skip has also been updated in a way that YouTube says is "more modern and less intrusive" and transitions...