A little while back, YouTube got a lot of flack for reportedly making 4K resolution a premium-exclusive perk. While the company has since rolled back that change, it\u2019s still introducing a video quality setting only for premium subscribers. YouTube is expanding its 1080p premium video quality setting to Android TV and Google TV.
\nThis doesn\u2019t mean that YouTube is going to make the 1080p quality setting exclusive to premium subscribers. Instead, the company is going to offer a higher-quality version of 1080p with a higher bit rate.
\nYouTube is expanding its 1080p Premium quality to Google TV and Android TV
\nThe news that YouTube\u2019s testing this quality isn\u2019t new. The company has been testing this video quality on iOS and on Apple TV. It didn\u2019t get as much traction as the 4K debacle, and it seems to be more widely accepted.
\nAccording to 9To5Google, Google TV and Android TV users are seeing the new video quality option on their devices. Some of these users posted screenshots of the new option. Instead of replacing the regular 1080p options, it will sit right above it.
\nOne example shows the option on a TV, and the other one is, allegedly, from a Motorola smartphone. This points to this feature nearing an official release.<\/p>\n
At this point, we don\u2019t know just when the company is going to release this feature to the public. In any case, we know that it\u2019s going to be much better received than locking the 4K quality behind the paywall. That caused a ton of YouTube watchers to become upset.
\nWe\u2019re familiar with YouTube bringing certain premium features and putting them behind the paywall, but 4K video quality is something that people have had access to for a long time. Reaching in and taking away a feature that we\u2019ve been freely enjoying wasn\u2019t going to go over well.
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