The YouTube app now allows you to choose the playback quality
As every midweek, Google launches updates on some of its services and applications The video portal of YouTube has been one of those chosen on this occasion, offering an important novelty for users of the Android platform. And it is finally possible to control the playback or streaming quality as it happens in the web version, but applied to smartphones and tabletsA nice addition for users worried about not exhausting their data rate.
This is version 5.7 of the application YouTube for terminals Android An update in which the only novelty is being able to choose the video quality that is playing. Something that until now was divided into only two options: HD (high definition) or no HDThis prevented you from choosing other options that are available in the web version that allow sacrificing quality and definition in order to consume less Internet data and achieve more reproductionfluid, without loading times or annoying stoppages. Issues that the mobile user can now control thanks to this new update.
Thus, users who download version 5.7 will be able to start playing a video as usual.The difference is that, when pressing the menu button, there is no longer the HD button to activate or deactivate this quality. In its place appears a cogwheel that allows you to bring up a new window with different qualities or resolutions. In this way, the user can choose the one that is most convenient in each case to enjoy quality or fluid operation without going from one extreme to the other.
The qualities and resolutions that the user can choose after this update depend directly on the video itself And there are times when a video is published in maximum quality, which in the web version can go up to 4K or UHD For mobile phones, however, the range seems to stay between 144p and 720p (HD Ready). More than enough to enjoy acceptable definition and quality on small-screen terminals, although quality is missing 1080p on the latest generation tablets and terminals that do support images with this resolution.
As in the desktop version, the user also has the option of selecting the option Auto In this case, the quality is automatically adjusted to the bandwidth or connection available to the user at all times. This means losing quality in pursuit of smooth playback when the connection is not as fast as expected. Issues that will allow users istake lower resolutions to avoid depleting their data rate without losing the contents of this video social network.
In short, an update that regular users of YouTube will like and that finally allows you to personally manage the quality of the playback. The new version has already been released through Google Play for free, but coming in a staggered way to the different countries.
