8 has graduated from being a link to
the popular video sharing service's
mobile web interface to a full-fledged
app.
The app now allows users to browse
and subscribe to YouTube channels, in
addition to popular, top rated and
featured videos across various
categories. The app also allows users
to share videos across their social
networks, and via email, and text
messages. It offers a YouTube profile
page through which users can manage
their YouTube profile and playlists,
uploads, and video lists.
We also discovered that the app lets
users download videos with an option
to select high, medium and low quality
settings and play them even when the
user is offline within the YouTube app.
The downloaded videos are also
displayed in the Music+Videos hub but
open only in the YouTube app.
It also offers a search bar that lets
users search channels, videos, and
playlists.
The YouTube app also allows users to
pin videos, playlists, channels, and
search queries to Live Tiles. The app's
live tiles flip to display a preview of
popular YouTube videos or new videos
on the user's subscribed channels.
Interestingly, the YouTube for
Windows Phone app has also been
integrated with Kid's Corner to
prevent kids from watch inappropriate
videos. The app will add support for
new languages including Hindi,
Chinese, Korean, Japanese, and Malay
among others in the future. Microsoft
has also assured that it's working on a
version of the app for Windows Phone
7.x and that it will also be released
soon.
With the release of the app it looks
like the deadlock between Microsoft
and Google has finally ended.
Microsoft had earlier alleged that
Google had blocked access to
metadata including categories,
favourites, ratings, and other
components, preventing it from
offering a full fledged app to its users.
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