Google is increasing entry to YouTube Premium options like sooner playback speeds and high-quality audio to extra forms of units. Most individuals subscribe to YouTube Premium to take away adverts from YouTube and entry to YouTube Music, however Google additionally contains a wide range of “power-user” options that give subscribers extra granular management over their viewing or listening expertise. Now these options will likely be out there in additional locations.
YouTube Premium’s sooner playback speeds (in 0.5x increments from 1x to 4x velocity) at the moment are out there on Android, iOS and the net, after initially solely being out there within the cellular YouTube app. The power to have YouTube robotically obtain Shorts to view offline or watch Shorts in a picture-in-picture window is now additionally out there on each iOS and Android, after initially launching on Android. Google says Premium’s Bounce Forward characteristic for skipping to “key moments” of a video is now additionally out there on sensible TVs and recreation consoles.
By way of the music facet of the home, the large change has to do with audio high quality. Once you’re watching a music video, Google says you will now be capable to choose “Excessive” from the audio settings and pay attention at a 256kbps bitrate. This modification applies to “Artwork Tracks” as properly, that are movies of songs out there on the broader YouTube platform that do not have an official music video. The “Excessive” high quality choice was initially solely out there within the YouTube Music app, however now Google says you may entry it throughout the Android and iOS model of each YouTube Music and YouTube.
None of those updates change what the primary advantage of a $13.99-per-month YouTube Premium subscription is, after all, however for the worth, it is good Google is making an attempt to unify the expertise throughout units.