YouTube Premium Expands Features to More Devices, Enhancing User Experience
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA – YouTube Premium users on Android, iOS, web, and now game and smart TV consoles are gaining access to a suite of expanded features, including faster playback speeds, offline downloads, and improved audio quality, announced this week by Jagat Review. The updates aim to provide a more versatile and convenient viewing experience for the streaming platform’s paid subscribers.
Previously limited in availability, these enhancements address key user requests and solidify YouTube Premium’s value proposition beyond ad-free viewing. The rollout impacts millions of Premium subscribers globally, offering greater control over playback, accessibility to content offline, and higher fidelity audio for music listeners. these changes come as YouTube continues to compete wiht other streaming services, seeking to attract and retain users through a combination of content and enhanced features.
One of the most notable additions is adjustable playback speed, now available up to 4x faster with increments as small as 0.05x on Android, iOS, and the web – a feature formerly exclusive to the web version on mobile.Automatic Shorts downloads for offline viewing and picture-in-picture mode, once Android-exclusive (and iOS trial-only), are now fully available to iPhone users.
For longer-form content, the “Jump Ahead” feature, which allows users to quickly navigate to key moments in a video, has been extended to game and smart TV consoles. music listeners also benefit from the ability to select ”High” audio quality (256kbps bitrate) directly within the YouTube app on Android and iOS, matching the quality found in YouTube Music, though this is limited to official music videos and art tracks.
YouTube Premium currently focuses on eliminating advertisements and providing additional features to enhance the user experience. More information on the updates can be found here.
