The application is not compatible with BlackBerry 5/6 phones

Oct 3, 2011 13:02 GMT  ·  By

BlackBerry 7 smartphones owners rejoice, as YouTube has just released a fully optimized HTML5 version of its client.

Many changes can be noticed at first glance, just by looking at the app's layout, which now includes touch-friendly buttons.

In addition, the client is now much faster and offers users a higher quality video steaming experience, along with other attractive features that were only available on other mobile platforms, including Android.

Although Blackberry users had access to YouTube videos in the past via its mobile website, this is the first time that the company launches a HTML5 YouTube version for BlackBerry operating system.

However, those who still own a BlackBerry 5.0 / 6.0 smartphone will not be able to take advantage of the latest YouTube version, due to the lower speed of the integrated browser.