Just a month ago, interesting enhancements to YouTube for Android TV were announced, and we now know that the platform includes the possibility to: watch videos in 1080p Premiuma resolution that increases the bitrate and makes it look even better than a “classic” 4K.

This is a novelty that hasn’t really caught us yet, as it was already announced in February and even hit some iPhones in April. Since not all users with Android mobiles and televisions get it, “some” thing is now repeated, but a Select YouTube Premium subscriber group. As before.

You do, you don’t, you don’t, you do, you don’t

Like someone plucking the petals of a daisy to see if his platonic crush loves them, he does the same on YouTube by selecting users who are worthy of a resolution enhancement on their mobile phones and TVs. And this Being a YouTube Premium subscriber is not enoughhowever, the platform makes another distinction from this group, which is already small compared to the general population.

I don’t know how random it is but not all ‘premium’ subscribers get this upgrade. What is clear is that There’s only one way to know if we’ve been selected.. Which one? Post a video and see it among the options available for its resolution.

Unfortunately, no member of the Xataka Android team received it, so we have to rely on what some forum users like Reddit have said and added graphical evidence. It can be seen that they In addition to the classic 1080p reproduction, there is the possibility to watch in 1080p Premium.quality marked as highest quality and very accurate.

As we said at the beginning, what this resolution offers is a better bitrate, so the device that plays the video receives a higher data stream per second from the video, which increases the quality. Then, Ideal for high speed connectionsVia Wi-Fi or mobile data, and also via the Ethernet cable on the TV.

Currently, it is unknown whether it will reach all premium users. While we’ve already seen it’s a feature coming very gradually, it can be predicted that it will do so in the coming months. It looks like it won’t reach ‘standard’ users of the platform, except for one big surprise.

via | 9to5Google

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