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Nate Koechly
YouTube UX Director leading large-scale app redesign efforts focused on modernizing the product and improving viewer experience through visual updates, player improvements, and research-driven design.
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Feb 12, 2026
• 43min
Nate Koechly and Matthew Darby: YouTube's UX Director and Director of PM on redesigning one of the world's most-used apps
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Nate Koechly, YouTube UX Director modernizing the app with research-driven design, and Matthew Darby, Director of Product Management coordinating product strategy and measurement. They discuss a four-year redesign with paired visual and quality-of-life updates. They explain predictive measurement, balancing metrics with perception, refining the player, algorithm trade-offs, and giving viewers more control through language and personalization.
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