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YouTube For Android Supports 4K HDR Playback On Lower Res-Displays Advertisement Advertisement Reportedly, the latest version of the YouTube for Android app now supports 4K HDR playback even on lower resolution Android smartphone displays. Smartphone displays are now pushing towards 2K and 4K resolutions. But that is limited to flagship devices. Mid-range devices are stuck with 720p or 1080p at max. These lower-end display devices do not have the functionality of streaming YouTube videos in the highest possible resolution. Well, that is because of certain limitations of the device which inc...

YouTube for Android now giving 4K playback option even if don't have a 4K screen An interesting change in the YouTube Android app now lets some users playback videos at up to 4K resolution at 60FPS with HDR on devices with lower res-displays. The new feature is seemingly a server-side update as I’m using version 15.05.35 of the YouTube app and not the latest 15.06.35 build which released on February 13. Last year the iOS YouTube also app gained 4K playback with the rollout of iOS 14. Newly added 2160p playback option in YouTube app In my personal testing with a Galaxy S10e playback at 2160p...

How to Install YouTube as a Progressive Web App on Windows Share To sign up for our daily newsletter covering the latest news, hacks and reviews, head HERE. For a running feed of all our stories, follow us on Twitter HERE. Or you can bookmark the Lifehacker Australia homepage to visit whenever you need a fix. You can now install YouTube as a progressive web app (PWA) on Windows. What does this mean? PWAs are like desktop shortcuts to websites that run in their own separate app window. They don’t take up much space and load faster than navigating to the website in Chrome or Edge. PWAs also g...

Thomas Trutschel via Getty Images One of the most notable YouTube premium features is the ability to download basically any video for offline playback. According to Android Police, YouTube briefly tested an extension of that feature that would use your account to sync downloads across multiple devices (like a phone and a tablet). The new feature was apparently live in both stable and beta versions of the YouTube Android app, but Android Police was unable to actually make it work. In the settings menu, a “cross device offline settings” button would show a pop-up asking which device you w...