How to Enable the New YouTube Design Now

 By 
Matt Silverman
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How to Enable the New YouTube Design Now

Word on the street is that YouTube has a slick new design. It's a revamped homepage with some pretty tight Google+ social integration and content discovery features.

But if you've fired up your trusty Internet machine and the new YouTube hasn't yet appeared for you, don't fret. Our friends at The Verge have figured out an easy way (via Google+ user Mortiz Tolxdorff) to turn on the new features right the heck now.

At present, the trick only seems to work in Firefox and Chrome. Open up your browser's development tools:

In Firefox: Ctrl + Shift + K (Win) | Cmd + Shift + K (Mac)

In Chrome: Ctrl + Shift + J (Win) | or Cmd + Alt + J (Mac)

Then add this string of delicious and nutritious code to the console:

document.cookie="VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE=ST1Ti53r4fU";

Close your development tools, then reload The YouTubes. Voila! A fresh homepage for videos. Here's what's new:

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