In addition to supporting background playback and the existing video download function for Premium members, YouTube is still more useful than other methods for loyal users who watch YouTube for a long time. We have also reported before that YouTube is testing a new smart download function, and This feature is now officially open to all Premium members for trial experience.
YouTube's new "Smart Download" feature is on trial, and your phone will automatically download videos when connected to Wi-Fi
Although we have introduced it in the past There are many third-party YouTube video download tools, but in comparison, the official service provided by YouTube is relatively stable. It has been introduced before that YouTube is testing a new "smart download" function on Android, but in fact, this smart download function is for including A new test feature for users of the two major mobile device systems, Android and iOS. Recently, this feature has also been officially opened to YouTube Premium members for trial experience.
It is different from the original video download function enjoyed by YouTube Premium members. The traditional video download This function requires users to "manually click on the video to download". After downloading, it can be played offline without an Internet environment. However, sometimes users just want to open YouTube and watch random videos to pass the time. At this time, they can only see the video they manually selected. Downloaded videos that have been watched countless times.
The newly launched "Smart Download" new function will automatically download recommended videos when the user is connected to the Wi-Fi network on the iOS or Android device. These videos may not be It is a channel that the user has subscribed to, but adds the videos that the user has recently watched to recommend videos that the user "might want to watch" for intelligent downloading.
This new feature is also exclusive to YouTube Premium members for trial, but this time The function is only supported on iOS and Android devices, so users must open the YouTube App to open it. After opening the YouTube App, go to the "Media Library" and click on the personal photo, then go to the settings page, and then click "Try the New Features" See the new features that are currently available for trial.
As in the past, you can only try out at most one new feature at a time. Therefore, if you want to try this "Smart Download", you can only temporarily cancel the other features. Trial function.
Taking the current iOS device as an example, the two functions that can be tried out at this stage are "smart download" and "picture-in-picture function of iOS devices". Among them, the iOS sub-picture function has been open for trial for a long time. , the 2-week trial period was also extended again at the beginning of this month, and it is uncertain whether it will continue to be open to Premium users for trial in the future. These Premium trial functions may end the trial period early or delayed for some reason.
Open YouTube application, and then go to "Media Library" and "Downloaded Content" in sequence, you can see that in addition to the videos that were downloaded manually in the past, there is a new section of "Smart Download". When smart download is turned on, the system will Automatically download 2 recommended videos and automatically update every week.
After turning on, as long as the device is connected to Wi-Fi, YouTube will automatically download 20 videos every week, and these videos will appear in the new area "Smart Download" .
The smart download function can also be turned off manually in the "Background and Download Settings". The video quality of smart downloads can also be set here. The highest video quality can be downloaded is FullHD high-definition (1080p). For example If there is insufficient storage space on the phone, the system will notify the user to take additional steps so that the smart download function can continue to operate. In addition, the YouTube App for iOS or Android needs to be updated to the latest version to use this function.
Final test For smartly downloaded videos, you can see that even when there is no network connection, users can still play the videos that have been downloaded to the device normally. If you don’t like the smartly downloaded videos or don’t want to keep them for other reasons, you can also manually download them from the device. Content deleted.
YouTube Smart Download Experiment new function trial:
Click here to activate (You must use an iOS/Android phone to open the YouTube App)
(*Tips: Eligibility is limited to YouTube Premium members)