YouTube Premium to Offer SharePlay and Enhanced 1080p Video on iPhone

[klasma]

Do we actually know how much better the bitrate is on the 1080p premium?

The way they phrase it the bitrate may be the same and they just add a local sharpening filter and/or AI-driven detail enhancement.

 

[JM]

Did you read the story?

"The standard 1080p video quality option will remain available to all YouTube users."

Well I don’t have a 1080p option in safari. What say you?

 

[JM]

Yes, you're missing that it's a higher bitrate option.




I've had this for a little while so I guess they'd just been testing it on my account.

I don’t see it in safari. Where is this 1080p option?

 

[white7561]

The way they phrase it the bitrate may be the same and they just add a local sharpening filter and/or AI-driven detail enhancement.

Yeh. I'm waiting for more information you know. Maybe they decided to actually increase the bitrate so high motion videos look good lol

 

[JM]

yes. your eyes. read again, and this time, every single word.

I don’t have it in safari. All I have is 720p as the highest option.

Where does this 1080p exist?

 

[klasma]

Well I don’t have a 1080p option in safari. What say you?

You should have one in the app, which I guess all YouTube users are free to use.

The reason likely is that the app allows them better DRM control.

 

[YoToddy]

I could have sworn that I've been able to watch 4K YouTube content in the YouTube iOS app in the past. Am I not remembering this correctly or did they dumb it down to 1080p?

 

[jwhite9185]

I could have sworn that I've been able to watch 4K YouTube content in the YouTube iOS app in the past. Am I not remembering this correctly or did they dumb it down to 1080p?

I'm sure 4K used to be available too - but I could be wrong. I don't watch too much YouTube on iOS/iPad OS. Mostly on AppleTV.

 

[Maigrais]

Honestly, YouTube Premium is the only streaming service I find value in day-after-day. YouTube creators put out so much quality content across such a wide array of subjects and interests. I find myself watching YouTube on my Apple TV more than Netflix, Disney+, Apple TV+, Prime, and HBO Max combined.

Same here, I always come off learning more from YouTube than any other streaming app. Especially, if you're a busy person that's always on-the-go.

 

[Verified Whiskey]

Typical Google, paywalling features that should be standard.

 

[Verified Whiskey]

Does anyone have an adblocker that works with YouTube on mobile Safari?

uBlock origin doesn’t have iOS support.

Yes, AdGuard works on YouTube.com in safari

 

[MrRom92]

There are a lot of compelling reasons to get YouTube premium over most other streaming services, I would sooner pay for YouTube than I would for Netflix.
That said, I think the high bitrate 1080p option should not only be free, it should be the default.

 

[0924487]

This works well on desktop but on mobile the browser version of YouTube just doesn't offer a great experience.

Google uYouPlus. It's a 3rd party YouTube app.

 

[WilliApple]

I don't like it when companies lock API's behind their own paywall...

 

[JM]

You should have one in the app, which I guess all YouTube users are free to use.

The reason likely is that the app allows them better DRM control.

And ad revenue by tracking your use of the app

 

[Wackery]

Imagine paying to use youtube

 

[JohnnyAppleSeed1]

Honestly, YouTube Premium is the only streaming service I find value in day-after-day. YouTube creators put out so much quality content across such a wide array of subjects and interests. I find myself watching YouTube on my Apple TV more than Netflix, Disney+, Apple TV+, Prime, and HBO Max combined.

Even when I paid for the subscription they would refuse to automatically play 1080p or even 720p on a gigabit connection. Since then I just use safari, sponsorblock, vinegar(removes youtube ads). With this configuration the only thing you are missing is downloads, which you can do yourself. Additionally vinegar lets you play audio only on youtube videos. So actually you are losing by paying.

 

[mrr]

The ads are just killing me on YouTube so I guess I’m gonna have to go Premium sooner or later.

 

[jimscard]

People using ad blockers - please don’t. When you use an ad blocker, the content provider doesn’t get any revenue — but when you use YouTube Premium, the content providers *do* get revenue. That’s what you’re paying for.
Also on the price — YouTube Premium is a family subscription.

 

[ogremoustro]

https://sponsor.ajay.app

GitHub - qnblackcat/uYouPlus: uYou+ is a modified version of uYou (made by @MiRO92) with additional features and mainly made for non jailbroken users!

uYou+ is a modified version of uYou (made by @MiRO92) with additional features and mainly made for non jailbroken users! - qnblackcat/uYouPlus

github.com

This is even better.

uYouPlus already has SponsorBlock included.

 

[Rexogamer]

If Americans think the price is bad just take a look at the pricing over here - £15.99 a MONTH just to skip ads and listen offline/in the background?!?!? That's $19.68; just under TWENTY DOLLARS a MONTH

 

[Killbynumbers]

I watch about half my videos on Apple TV though.

I use an adblocker and airplay to my ATV. No ads.

 

[East India Company]

How long before Apple reject the next YouTube app update? System feature like SharePlay can’t be put behind the paywall on iOS. This was the issue with Picture and Picture and instead of making it a Premium feature on iOS, they had to turn it on for all users since it was a system feature when it came out of beta.

PiP still doesn’t work or does it? I only use YouTube from safari and PiP doesn’t work.

 

[svish]

Not happy paying $12 for Youtube Premium.

 

[MVMNT]

I make ads specifically for YouTube so I enjoy watching them... if they're good quality content. It's a Wild West out there sometimes.