After nearly two years of testing, YouTube has finally started rolling out the Explore tab in its Android and iOS apps. The announcement was made today on their support page.
From now on, you will see the new “Explore” tab instead of the Trending tab in the bottom navigation bar. The latter used to show the trending videos in your region.
YouTube launches Explore tab on Android and iOS
But, the aspect that makes the Explore tab different from the current Trend tab is that it allows you to easy access to new and fresh content in the categories of games, music, news, movies, fashion and beauty.
With the Explore tab, you can now access trending videos on YouTube in two ways: you can either tap on the dedicated Trending button seen at the top, or scroll down a bit to see the trending videos section.
There is also a new section “Creator on the rise” in the Explore tab. This will allow you to find and connect with new emerging creators in the YouTube community.
As you scroll through your Explore feed, you'll see "Rising Creator" and "Rising Artist" before other trending videos. New creators and artists are popping up on YouTube every day, so we hope this makes it easy for you to discover their content and connect with them and their communities! ”
DI go to the YouTube support page.
The Explore tab is currently being enabled via server-side deployment, but you can "Force Stop" the app on your Android device to see the feature right away. The feature appears to be active on all Android and iOS devices. If you don't see the feature right away, hopefully you'll get it in the next few days.