YouTube for Android TV

Maybe this seems minor, but it's hard to overstate how distracting the animated thumbnails are, and I can't believe there's no option to disable them. Every single time I highlight a video while browsing, it starts animating away from the static thumbnail that caught my attention, and I immediately wonder whether or not I'm even highlighting the video that I intended anymore. Animated thumbnails provide no value at all and only result in a more distracted browsing experience. Let me turn it off.

There are some major issues with this application. For starters, Android TV has had picture-in-picture support for years now, but YouTube still hasn't supported the feature. The app also has issues where it freezes up during playback and you have to exit out altogether, especially on Apple TV and Roku. It'd also be nice if every video had a "Go to Channel" option in the long-press menu instead of just videos on the Home tab. Additionally, the Subscriptions and Library tabs should be moved up under the Home tab, since Home, Subscriptions, and Library feel like the tabs people would use the most. Even better would be an option to manually sort the tabs based on what your interests are. The Movies & TV tab is almost entirely useless since it's full of previews without a way to purchase or rent the movies.

High quality audio opus(774) doesn't get applied on 50% of music and music videos. The music recommendations feels selected out of touch and the YouTube music blind spot is new releases. The algorithm seems to be set to cheesy nostalgia mode. Visual clutter in the end of every video In-video-links and next video thumbnails on top of each other. Just a big mess.