YouTube Tests Mobile Layout That Moves Subscriptions to a Top Tab

Overview

• YouTube confirmed it is running a mobile-app experiment that relocates the Subscriptions feed into a new swipeable tab at the top of the screen alongside Home.
• In the test layout, the dedicated Subscriptions button disappears from the bottom bar, though tapping the new Subscriptions tab still opens the usual list of followed channels.
• The Plus icon becomes a labeled Create button in the trial interface, which observers say could point to upcoming video-making features that may include AI tools.
• Access to the redesign appears limited and inconsistent, with some users reporting the new UI vanishing after an app restart and others not seeing it at all on Android or iPhone.
• Reviewers warn the move could make one-handed use harder on tall phones, and there is no announced timeline for a wider rollout, consistent with YouTube’s typical A/B testing approach.