YouTube finally recognizes vertical video as a real thing

Lots happened over the summer in the tech world, one of the biggest changes was that YouTube adapted its web player to allow to different aspect ratios — including vertical video. While mobile has been adapting for a few months, it’s new for the desktop.

There’s quite a bit that was written about it in the past few weeks. Here are 5 articles to catch you up in case you missed it.

• YouTube’s Essential Update Angers Users
• YouTube’s website now supports vertical videos without black bars
• YouTube’s web player adapts to vertical videos
• YouTube’s desktop player now supports vertical videos w/ dynamic video player
• YouTube web player now adapts to different aspect ratios