Awesome Tube update brings easier control of YouTube videos

By Sean Endicott
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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.
Awesome Tube


This YouTube client supports Windows features like Compact Overlay mode and uses Fluent Design elements.

Sean Endicott
Sean Endicott
News Writer and apps editor

Sean Endicott brings nearly a decade of experience covering Microsoft and Windows news to Windows Central. He joined our team in 2017 as an app reviewer and now heads up our day-to-day news coverage. If you have a news tip or an app to review, hit him up at sean.endicott@futurenet.com.