YouTube is one of the world’s premier video streaming services, boasting billions of videos accessible on most devices.
But the stock YouTube app is far from perfect; it may fail to play videos at certain times or stutter at random, and does not enable users to keep videos playing even when their screen is off.
Features
YouTube App is Google’s standard video-sharing platform and allows users to watch videos, create playlists, comment and subscribe to channels as well as stream live content and engage with YouTube Originals content. Creators use YouTube App to promote their channel and build communities while earning money with their work.
YouTube is offering several new features to make watching videos even more enjoyable, including Stable Volume which allows the sound level to remain constant while you watch, as well as playback speed options allowing for the viewing of videos at 0.25x, 1.5x or 2x normal rate. In addition, search and explore experience has also been enhanced, including larger thumbnail previews when searching for specific videos as well as drag to seek within clips without losing your place in them.
YouTube’s home screen uses a sophisticated algorithm designed to ensure that videos that you are most likely to watch appear first on your home page. It takes into account your past watching history, subscriptions and performance on similar home pages of other users as well. Furthermore, they have introduced tools to manage screen time such as setting bedtime reminders. You also have the option of clearing all devices’ viewing or search histories at once.
Downloading videos
YouTube makes it simple and accessible to create and share video content, build communities of like-minded fans, and reach new audiences. Plus it provides ways for creators to monetize their videos through advertisements or subscription plans like YouTube Premium that allow viewers to download videos for offline viewing – although downloading copyrighted works illegally could lead to your account being terminated!
To download a video, copy its address from the address bar at the top of your browser, tap YouTube’s search box, select MP3 or Download Video in order to download an audio version or higher resolution version (which may take longer and result in larger file sizes), respectively. Afterward, these can be found either within Documents by Readle or from Downloads page which displays thumbnail images for every downloaded item.
While YouTube itself doesn’t allow you to download videos, many third-party applications do. A quick search on the App Store will reveal a variety of these third-party options; many come with in-app purchases or subscription fees or only provide limited use or features free. One such tool available on both PCs and Macs called youtube-dl provides an intuitive interface which is regularly updated in line with YouTube’s terms of service.
Subscriptions
Subscribers of YouTube channels are alerted when video creators upload new videos – either with an app ding, email alert, or home page notification. YouTube also allows subscribers to customize their subscription experience by choosing which types of notifications from favorite channels they would like.
Google recently unrolled new filters for YouTube’s Subscriptions tab that are intended to improve accuracy while simultaneously prioritizing channels that users engage with most. When opening the Subscriptions tab, users now have the ability to choose between viewing All videos published, videos published today, unwatched videos or live videos.
Conducting regular audits of your subscriptions can help streamline your list and focus on content that truly interests you. Use the Manage page to update notification preferences or unsubscribe from channels you no longer wish to follow.
If you want to keep track of a specific channel, creating collections or groups may help. This may come in especially handy if you subscribe to multiple travel vloggers or tech reviews in one category.
Privacy
YouTube is one of the world’s premier video streaming platforms, making videos available to people of all ages across various topics from education and entertainment, while offering specific products or services. Furthermore, users are allowed to upload videos they have created themselves onto this platform.
YouTube’s privacy policies are intended to protect the personal data of its users. They prohibit collecting sensitive personal information, require parental consent for children under 13, and limit how Google uses any social network profiles or other account data stored with users. You can find these policies on the YouTube website, iOS App Store or Google Play Store.
People using YouTube to upload personal videos have raised numerous privacy issues, which may contain sensitive details such as their name, home address and phone number. Although YouTube’s privacy policy precludes these videos from search results pages, this does not prevent the use of personal data in descriptions and tags of these videos.
The API Services Terms of Service prohibit the display of metrics that do not accurately represent those provided by YouTube’s API, as well as combining YouTube API data with that from other sources without clearly informing the user which is which.