The website that would change the internet forever for good was a humble launch of YouTube twenty years ago. Starting as a simple platform for audiovisual sharing, this was a global town square. Now, the company YouTube Celebrates 20 Years in 2025.

It was the the portal where billions learn, create, entertain, and connect. In the middle of a week in which YouTube counts itself 20 years old. The company isn't looking back on its path. However, instead ahead to the future with a new TV app and first glance at custom Multiviews.

Journey From "Me at the zoo" 

The pre-YouTube epoque must have been a challenging concept to comprehend. Before its inception, it was no fun to share videos online. Anyone who managed to get their hands on a camera and internet connection was empowered.

18 seconds into a top video, "Me at the zoo," published on October 22, 2005, was the first video. It was ever uploaded from the platform that would quickly become a global, seismic juggernaut.

Over the past few decades, YouTube has grown exponentially. Today it has transformed into a hot chakra point. It is now suitable for music videos and movie trailers, educational content, DIY tutorials, vlogs, gaming streams, and breaking news. People who wouldn’t have been anywhere without the Internet, they became famous overnighton YouTube.

A Fresh Look for the Big Screen

The company is redesigning its TV app ahead of more and more people leaning back to their televisions. Specific details of FaceID are still under wraps. However, it has become a seemingly more intuitive and visually appealing interface.

This refresh is probably to simplify the navigation and make the content discovery better on bigger screens. YouTube needs a modern TV app as it competes harder for the living room entertainment.

Introducing Custom Multiviews

The most interesting of the announcements is soon to be custom Multiviews. But this feature is being glorified as a genuinely revolutionary way. If you did that in real life and watched your favorite sports game watching a news broadcast next to you.

However, to be fully explained, the ways that customization will appear are still not known. In Multiview layouts, users may be able to select which channels or videos they would like to see.

For sports enthusiasts, this feature could be a game changing since it would provide a truly customized and dynamic viewing.

Looking Ahead

During the third decade of YouTube the commitment remains the same. The teased TV app redesign and the idea of providing custom Multiviews indicate that they are committed to improving the user experience. They have a strong will power to find a direction in changing viewing habits.

Issues like content moderation, creator landscape and video platforms compete for business are on the way for the platform. Indeed, all of us at YouTube find ourselves marking 20 years. There's no doubt in the air that YouTube's next chapter will be as dynamic and soon as the last one.

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