Awesome Tube update brings easier control of YouTube videos
Awesome Tube's new update improves play controls and helps the YouTube client match your system settings.
What you need to know
- Awesome Tube received an update that improves play controls and brings support for Brazilian Portuguese.
- Awesome Tube is one of the highest-rated YouTube clients in the Microsoft Store.
- The app received a design overhaul late last year.
YouTube client Awesome Tube received an update that improves play controls and adds support for Brazilian Portuguese. The update brings support for double-tap to fast forward and rewind as well as a new animation when a user taps to play or pause a video. The app also supports the default system theme and accent color. Below is the full changelog.
[NEW]
- [PC] Animation when tap to play/pause
- [PC] Double tap to forward/rewind
- Default system theme background and accent color
- Add Brazilian Portuguese
[BUGS FIXED]
- [PC] Playback issues with touch in desktop mode
Awesome Tube is a popular YouTube client that features a design that fits in better with Windows 10 than YouTube's website. It received a design overhaul late last year. There is a free version that has ads. To remove ads, you can either pay $1.99 monthly, $4.99 quarterly, or $14.99 for a lifetime.
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