We are no longer surprised that Google is preparing something very fat with YouTube Gaming. It does not take us by surprise because it has the largest video platform on the planet and because it has also been hosting millions of gamers who have used its service to upload their videos and have famous YouTubers on its staff. Another reason is due to the emergence of Twitch, which has accelerated YouTube to get its act together and prepare a twist to this platform so that it can focus with YouTube Gaming on all this future of video game channels, real-time games and eSports championships.
So YouTube Gaming arrives to go head-to-head with Twitch. At the moment this service is as part of a beta program in which all its virtues and benefits are being tested. There is already a website where you can subscribe to be the first before its launch and an APK of the previous app for Android, from which we can get to know the details of what this service will mean.
The unmissable appointment for gamers
Ultimately, YouTube Gaming is focused on gamers around the world who they want to find their favorite content in a very easy way.
The preview of the application, which you can download at the end of the post, already shows the main objectives such as video games and a great in-app design with Material Design doing their thing. The latter stands out enormously and we wonder why it does not surprise us even more with a better use of this design pattern in many other Google apps.
From the app we have access to the list of the most popular video games, a feed with live streaming and the most popular channels where PewDiePie or VanossGaming swarm with 38 million subscribers the first, and 13 million the second. Bestial.
In the list of games we can find the 10 trend games of the moment with another list that follows with the rest so that you can find that new just released that has you trapped by some of its featured elements. The list of most popular games is topped by Minecraft, Grand Theft Auto V and League of Legends, nothing that surprises us.
Each video game with its dedicated page
YouTube has put the batteries to show us what can be done with Material Design And this app is simply magnificent in this sense, so there are few praises to express what YouTube Gaming is.
On each page of some of the most popular video games we have information about it, trending videos and a list of categories to filter the videos that we want to see immediately. The shared images show how pretentious YouTube Gaming is.
We can transfer this perfectly to video game channels showing content rated by creators instead of games. Quote here that if you have video game subscriptions on your YouTube, they are passed directly here without having to do anything.
Whether the app offers the user the power of discover new content while following your favorite youtubers or video games from the moment the application starts.
And what about the excellent design of the app, which is a delight of animations, interface and placement of each of the elements that we will use to navigate through it. A special design for a performance that is even better than the YouTube app itself, so it is also interesting that you download the APK and thus prove that certain Google apps will provide us in the near future.
Un great job done by YouTube and that we can only wait for the starting shotgun so that from gaming.youtube.com/coming_soon we can access the service that will compete directly with Twitch.
Download YouTube Gaming preview
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