YouTube has announced a new way for viewers to watch videos offline in India. Because many local mobile operators offer discounted rates late at night, YouTube is rolling out a Smart Offline feature, in which the app can automatically download videos during off-peak hours.
With a population of over 1,300 million, India is a key market for smartphones companies . The problem they face is that infrastructures are very limited and network access is still a luxury reserved for the few. To facilitate access to your videos, YouTube has launched a new feature on its mobile application called Smart Offline , which allows users to save videos for these are downloaded to times when data rates are cheaper.
The new feature “lets you takes advantage of these cheaper data rates as offered by your mobile operator, without requiring you to stay up late at night,” wrote product manager Jessica Xu in a company blog post. “When you wake up the next morning, your videos will be ready for you to watch offline and on the go, with no buffering.” Smart Offline is currently available for subscribers to two local mobile providers, Airtel and Telenor.
Mobile data users will be prompted to save the video at night. The feature will not work on Wi-Fi networks. The videos will be ready to watch offline and on the go, with no buffering the next morning.
When a user taps on the grey arrow to take a video offline, a prompt will appear, giving him/her the option to select "save overnight" using the mobile operator's discounted night data plan.
When the user selects it, the YouTube app will smartly schedule the video to be downloaded after peak hours that night.
For now, Google is rolling out this feature to all subscribers of Airtel and Telenor in India, but plan to take to all users in the country. In addition, users should be sure to update the YouTube app in the latest version.
With a population of over 1,300 million, India is a key market for smartphones companies . The problem they face is that infrastructures are very limited and network access is still a luxury reserved for the few. To facilitate access to your videos, YouTube has launched a new feature on its mobile application called Smart Offline , which allows users to save videos for these are downloaded to times when data rates are cheaper.
The new feature “lets you takes advantage of these cheaper data rates as offered by your mobile operator, without requiring you to stay up late at night,” wrote product manager Jessica Xu in a company blog post. “When you wake up the next morning, your videos will be ready for you to watch offline and on the go, with no buffering.” Smart Offline is currently available for subscribers to two local mobile providers, Airtel and Telenor.
Mobile data users will be prompted to save the video at night. The feature will not work on Wi-Fi networks. The videos will be ready to watch offline and on the go, with no buffering the next morning.
When a user taps on the grey arrow to take a video offline, a prompt will appear, giving him/her the option to select "save overnight" using the mobile operator's discounted night data plan.
When the user selects it, the YouTube app will smartly schedule the video to be downloaded after peak hours that night.
For now, Google is rolling out this feature to all subscribers of Airtel and Telenor in India, but plan to take to all users in the country. In addition, users should be sure to update the YouTube app in the latest version.
YouTube Smart offline is more intelligent and economical in India
Reviewed by Tech Ugly
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Friday, June 10, 2016
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Reviewed by Tech Ugly
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Friday, June 10, 2016
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