As you know, the YouTube App is an easy way to search for and watch videos from the App Edge. Now, you can watch all your subscriptions right inside the app itself!
New Features
Here are all the new things you can do with the upgraded YouTube App:
Watch all your video subscriptions right from the App Edge
Instant notifications of new subscriptions
Clear recent searches with one click
Create new playlists right from the My Playlists section
How to add the YouTube App
To add the YouTube App to RockMelt, just click on the button below. If you already have the YouTube App installed, yours will update automatically in the next few hours but you can also click below to update it now.
You can also add the YouTube App to RockMelt by clicking here.
p.s. Don’t forget that you can keep the YouTube App open while browsing by dragging it off of your App Edge
Thanks to the hard work of our intern Emilio (RockMelt’s biggest YouTube fan), you can now watch YouTube right from the App Edge!
RockMelt YouTube App Origins
The idea for a YouTube App first came about during our company holiday party, where Emilio volunteered to be our DJ. Although he left his iPod at home, Emilio re-created his playlists on YouTube – and that’s when the fun started.
Since YouTube lets you play all the videos in a playlist continuously, we all added our favorite songs to Emilio’s playlist. Occasionally, the music would be stopped by people searching for videos using the same tab that videos were playing from. We also heard some songs five or six times because people didn’t know which ones had already been added. But none of that stopped us – especially Emilio – from having a good time.
Following the party, we also did some research and discovered that YouTube was the #1 RSS feed added to the App Edge!
Given the fun we had and YouTube’s popularity with RockMelt users, we thought it would be great if there was a YouTube App for RockMelt that could re-create the festive atmosphere quickly. Not only would this app let you play YouTube videos easily, it would also include the most-requested features from our party:
Create playlists and add videos quickly
Play videos continuously
Search without interrupting playing videos, and
See recent researches
With these ideas in mind, Emilio began working on an app right after the new year. Today, we’re excited to have everybody try it out.
Installation and Features
To install the YouTube App:
Click on the “Show all apps and feeds” button at the bottom of the App Edge, and
Star the YouTube icon at the top
In addition to watching your favorite videos, the YouTube App also lets you:
Play videos continuously
Loop and shuffle videos in playlists
Simultaneously search and play videos
See your search history
Share videos with your friends
If you click on the gear button in the app and sign in with your YouTube account, you can also:
Load and add videos to your playlists
Rate videos, and
Save videos to watch later
To play videos in the background and re-size videos (especially high-definition ones), just drag the YouTube App off the App Edge.
Special thanks to YouTube for providing the APIs and tools to make this app possible!
We built RockMelt to make browsing simpler and more enjoyable. We started by integrating automatic feed updates, faster search, and social features like chatting and sharing because those are the most fundamental browser functions.
But we’ve never thought of RockMelt as just a browser that makes it easier to access social networks or to get website updates. In fact, we have a whole lot more planned – the YouTube App is just a start, and we’d love to hear your suggestions.
Enjoy!
p.s. Here’s where Emilio learned all his dance moves:
