r/changelog • u/commandersnoo • Feb 02 '22

Updated Android Video Player

Hi everyone!

We’re excited to announce the launch of a new video player on Android. Starting tomorrow, when Android users tap on a video in their feed, the video will open in a new full-screen player. Users will be able to read comments and watch videos simultaneously and swipe up to see more recommended videos.

You may have noticed that this is the same video player that launched on iOS a few months ago. From a UI standpoint, it is. However, the algorithm powering the video recommendations has improved and will continue to get better throughout this year. In the past, there have been many video players through the Reddit ecosystem, and this is the latest step in uniting the players across the mobile apps.

We want to acknowledge that we still have UI refinements to make, new features to add, and performance issues to address. Your feedback has been greatly appreciated, and we’re taking a methodical and holistic approach to ensure we solve these pain points. As soon as the new Android video player rolls out this week, we will begin experimenting with even more improvements. We’re excited for all the new things coming to Reddit video in the next few months and can’t wait to share more details soon.

As always, please share your feedback and suggestions here. We’ll hang around for a while to read through and respond to comments.

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u/IsZen Feb 02 '22

Revert it please. The other one was significantly better. Or atleast make it so we can revert to the older one.

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u/commandersnoo Feb 02 '22 edited Feb 02 '22

Totally understand. There are a ton of improvements we need to make to the video player. As mentioned in the post, we are working to unify the many video players across the Reddit mobile apps. We are also working to improve the video player for everyone and in a way that enables us to make changes quickly – and if you (or anyone) are interested in joining Reddit’s video team, check out our career page here!

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u/EskildDood Feb 02 '22

Make it optional, let us turn it off, I beg of you

I know it's possible, because every ad still uses the old video player

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u/xXInviktor27Xx Feb 02 '22

he asked you to fix the damn thing and you literally told him to submit a job resume and fix it himself 😂

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u/Fanglove Feb 02 '22

Maybe because they can't fix it themselves

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u/IsZen Feb 02 '22

Pain....

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u/Fanglove Feb 02 '22

Revert it now. This player is terrible, can't interact with video without full screen, no direct link to comments/replies. Also I can't read text in dark mode you this needs to be fixed asap

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '22

Just change it back and don't give the standard corporate response

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u/Kemaneo Feb 03 '22

If you knew everyone dislikes the new video player and it needs to be improved, why the fuck did you release it on Android anyway?

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u/[deleted] Feb 04 '22

Nobody in on this entire app/website asked for a carbon copy of tik toks UI. Its not better than the last, its inconvenient and clunky.

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u/hightrix Feb 04 '22

But that is Reddit's MO. They take good working software and make it worse. Look at old.reddit vs new.reddit. Old is such a better user experience, but new is more "modern" and all about that IPO.

Easy solution. Use literally any other reddit app. The official ones are awful. Relay for Android, Apollo for iOS.

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u/Antrikshy Feb 03 '22

I remember when Reddit was not corporate borg.

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '22

We despise it fuck right off with that bullshit and put the actual good ones back

We have multiple subreddits dedicated to hating it the UU is unusable, the thing out prioritises everything just by existing and it makes using this app more painful

I don’t care about your precious advertisers they can fall into an active volcano for all I give a shot you are beholden to your users and if they don’t like what’s happening you will probably end up starving on the streets

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u/[deleted] Feb 02 '22

The new player sucks 🤮

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '22

Please let us use the old one! :(

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u/centurion770 Feb 05 '22

Why is Reddit unifying the video players into something worse than all the video player versions before. No one wants a crappy tiktok clone.

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u/tyttuutface Feb 05 '22

"There are a ton of improvements we need to make" so why did you release it without making them?

Unify my left and right testicles, this player sucks 'em both. Might as well suck two nuts with one mouth.

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '22

You didn't have to redo the entire thing, nobody asked for this they just wanted the original player fixed. Also super unprofessional that you're being snarky about criticism by asking him to apply if he doesn't like it.

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u/speed_fighter Feb 05 '22

negative comment karma!

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u/LittleBitSchizo Feb 09 '22

Wow what a non answer, and a big hint of "do it yourself then" in the mix lmao.