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YouTube Shorts player adding Clear Screen mode & 2x playback, removes dislike - 9to5Google
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YouTube is updating the Shorts player with a Clear Screen mode that temporarily hides UI elements, a 2x playback option, and removal of the dislike control to streamline viewing. The changes are billed as making Shorts more intuitive and reduce on-screen clutter for faster consumption. These tweaks join other recent platform experiments at YouTube and Google — from AI-driven search tests to wider playback and UI rollouts — pointing to a broader push to reshape how users find and watch short-form video.
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