This week in Los Angeles, the annual event VidCon, where representatives of YouTube traditionally talk about the achievements and new features of the service. This year, visitors were waiting for several high-profile announcements. First, YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki announced that the monthly audience of YouTube users has exceeded 1.5 billion people. And if you take into account the fact that some users watch video without authorization in the service, then their number is even greater. This means that every fifth inhabitant of the Earth visits YouTube every month to watch a video. But the most important thing is that YouTube will have a long-awaited function.

The event announced that the mobile client YouTube will be able to fill the video screen regardless of its format, even in an upright position.

This means that vertically recorded video can now be viewed in full-screen mode. In this case, the user can arbitrarily change the size of the window.

Another change will be a new way to share videos through a mobile application. Users will be able to share the video with their friends from the contact list, and then discuss it together in a special chat and add a new video there.

Also, the YouTube team announced that YouTube Red subscribers are waiting for new exclusive shows that will be released later this year.