Youtube adds support for vertical videos and odd aspect ratios to its web player

YouTube recently woke up to the popularity of vertical video on its mobile app and is now beginning to welcome different aspect ratios on its web player as well. According to a report by Android Police, YouTube is finally removing the permanent 16:9 frame around every video, allowing them to appear larger and scale better to different window sizes. The removal of the black bar is not particularly visible when playing regular 16:9 videos, except that the descriptions have been pushed down, making the videos look fuller. YouTube, back in March started supporting vertical videos on its mobile apps and is finally optimising it for the web player.