Announced when testing the new 'Explorer' tab that makes YouTube easier to find relevant videos

According to the viewing history of the user, YouTube introduces a mechanism to display related videos on the home screen. However, as there are few related videos displayed on the home screen, we thought that YouTube is missing viewing opportunities for many other uploaded movies. Therefore, YouTube announced that it will implement " Explorer tab " function which displays more related videos than ever, and test it with some users.

Small Experiment: New Explore Tab on YouTube - Google Product Forums
https://productforums.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!topic/youtube/WgkWw2eWIA8

YouTube to Test 'Explore' Tab in iOS App for Expanded Recommendations - Variety
https://variety.com/2018/digital/news/youtube-explore-tab-ios-app-video-recommendation-1202881030/

For details on testing the Explorer tab function, Mr. Tom Leung, Product Management Director on YouTube, explains in the following movie.

NEW EXPERIMENT: Explore Tab! - YouTube


"YouTube is testing the Explorer tab," said Leon. The explorer tab function test is implemented on July 23, 2018 for 1% of users installing the YouTube iOS application.

"When selected for the user to be tested, the button" Explorer tab "will appear at the bottom of the home screen"

"When you tap this button, buttons for displaying a list of related videos by genre such as" trend "and" game "are displayed in the upper part (red frame), and the lower part (blue frame) shows the user in the past Topics with high relevance to the movie you watched on the screen are displayed, and when you tap the button, a list of related videos corresponding to the topic will be displayed. "

According to Mr. Leong, YouTube is planning to test the Explorer tab for several weeks. At the time of writing the article, YouTube has not made it clear that "Implement the Explorer tab full-scale in the YouTube application", but if it is confirmed that the movie viewing has increased in this test, it will be implemented for all users It is supposed to be.