YouTube is reportedly looking to make its video buffering experience a little more fanciful. Rather than the spinning circle that many users with lethargic connections have come to know and loathe, YouTube is now reportedly testing a castle animation, Android Police reports.
The white and red castle — which slowly constructs itself as users wait for their videos to load — has been showing up for some users for several weeks, according to Android Police, and only shows up when a video is loading for the first time (not when buffering in the middle of a stream).
Check out the new feature, as captured by Twitter user imnagateja, below:
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Hey @AndroidPolice what’s this new castle building animation? Happens with almost any video while loading initial playback in YouTube. pic.twitter.com/9k6ImiiKuG
— Nagateja (@imnagateja) January 19, 2017
