YouTube is insanely popular on the Web, with the majority of online video viewing originating from the Google-owned site.
However, YouTube is now looking beyond people sat at their computers and envisioning a time when everyone will be watching Web video on the television set in their living room. Hence YouTube Leanback.
The name tells you pretty much all you need to know about Leanback. It’s an effort to turn the experience of watching YouTube from an active one to an inactive one, with viewers able to lean back in their favorite armchair and just watch.
YouTube Leanback brings two things to the fore: a personalized channel featuring videos each individual should be interested in; a fullscreen, clutter-free viewing window.
In essence, Leanback is YouTube made to look more like a traditional broadcast TV channel.
