YouTube app on Android supports full screen vertical video

The YouTube app for Android is getting an update to play vertically recorded videos in full screen. Many users shoot vertical videos with their phone’s camera, which is why there are many vertical videos on YouTube.

Up to version 10.25.xx, if users put a vertically recorded video in fullscreen, they get a horizontal screen where the video often takes up only a little less than a third of the screen. From version 10.28.xx, YouTube shows the videos vertically and on the entire surface of the screen, Android Police reports.

The version does not seem to be available to all users in the Play Store yet, but the apk file can be found on APKMirror. Vertically shot videos have continued to gain popularity this year with apps like Periscope, Twitter’s live streaming app that only works in portrait mode.

For now, the feature only works in the Android version of YouTube. It is unknown when Google will update the iOS version to show vertically taken videos in full screen.