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"Google has today updated the YouTube app for iOS with support for the iPhone 5's display, as well as the ability to stream videos over AirPlay to the Apple TV or other enabled devices more easily. The new app now also has full support for the iPad, with an interface that is specifically\u00A0designed\u00A0for Apple's tablet.\r\n\r\nGoogle's\u00A0Horia Ciurdar says that\u00A0more than 25 percent of all YouTube watching happens on mobile. Since the launch of the YouTube app back in September, Ciurdar says Google\u00A0has &amp;quot;been hard at work to improve the app based on your feedback.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nNow the YouTube app will get 'enhanced' AirPlay support, letting you shoot your videos over to your Apple TV. Videos are also said to start faster and play more smoothly. Google has also improved VoiceOver support for those with visual impairments.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe new iPad interface is nice, but nothing insanely cool. It features a collapsible sidebar that can float over the top of the video you're watching and a channel browser accessible via the YouTube logo. It's solid, but not mind-blowing. In fact, there's a ton of wasted space in the main view and only three videos are visible by default on the main screen. Still, the iconography is crisp and there doesn't seem to be any major issues with it on our first run-through.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nWhen the standalone app was released back in September, it didn't have a bespoke iPad interface, but Google said it was coming. The app's release came around a month after it was announced that Apple would be removing the YouTube app from its springboard come the release of iOS 6.\r\n\r\nSince then, YouTube has done well for itself, topping Apple's charts of free apps in the App Store for 4 months in a row. The app also now serves up ads for Google, which is likely one of the primary reasons it wasn't so sad to be ditched from iOS home screens, where it was unable to do so.\r\n\r\n\u27A4\u00A0YouTube for iOS\r\n\r\nImage Credit:\u00A0Rego Korosi\r\n\r\nDisclosure: This article contains an affiliate link. While we only ever write about products we think deserve to be on the pages of our site, The Next Web may earn a small commission if you click through and buy the product in question. For more information, please see our\u00A0Terms of Service."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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