New Yahoo Screen app for iOS lets you swipe some videos
After rolling out a new logo, redesigning Yahoo Mail, and nudging out Google as the most-visited site in August, Yahoo is finally kicking back to watch a little TV.
Just kidding, but the company hopes you are—Yahoo launched a new app for Yahoo Screen on Monday, letting iPhone and iPad users channel-surf through Yahoo’s editorially curated video service.
Classic SNL clips are a great way to kill time at a bus stop...down by the river.
Don’t call it a YouTube replacement—users can’t upload their own videos, for starters. And while there is a search box, that’s not what drives the app. It’s more of a channel-surfing engine—you just swipe around and check stuff out. The videos autoplay, and you can swipe up to change channels or swipe forward to get a new video.
The navigation feels much more natural by result. Tapping on YouTube videos seems so choosy by comparison: you’re picking one thing. I want to watch…this. Swiping feels like you’re just flipping through channels with a TV remote: next, next, next. Instead of choosing one thing, you’re just asking the app to show you “something else,” and then you can decide if you like it and want to finish watching it.
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