YouTube TV is getting 4K streaming and offline downloads to fight Hulu and Sling

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YouTube TV is getting 4K streaming and offline downloads to fight Hulu and Sling

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YouTube Goggle box is just one of the many streaming services to raise its prices in 2020. And Information technology looks similar 2021 will encounter the service give users more reason to spend more money.

According to a new report, the service looks to be on the verge of beating fundamental competitors Hulu with Alive TV and Sling Television set to 4K streaming. And that's not the only big new characteristic coming to the streaming service.

In an interview with Fast Company, YouTube production chief Neal Mohan noted that 4K streaming will be one of several features in an upcoming add together-on package for the service, alongside an unlimited simultaneous streams cap and the ability to save video to your device for offline viewing.

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When will this add-on come? How much volition it toll? Mohan didn't provide those details. But he noted that YouTube Boob tube is trying to stay ahead of the contest in other ways, noting that audiences take "come to wait YouTube TV to exist the pioneer in terms of product innovation, so that's what my team's focused on."

Of these features, 4K may exist the near alluring, just there's a take hold of: it relies on having live Telly that's available in 4K. Audiences couldn't watch the Super Bowl in 4K this year, and that'south the biggest sports event in the country.

You can see this effect in action with Fubo Boob tube, which has 4K only for select events and information technology'due south currently in beta. Looking at its schedule for upcoming 4K streams, audiences will get crisper picture quality for NCAA Men's Basketball's Big E Tournament and select NASCAR events.

The most interesting characteristic to us is the unlimited cap for simultaneous streams. I assumes YouTube TV is developing anti-piracy tools to ensure this feature isn't abused. It'due south not hard to imagine a swarm of friends all sharing the same account.

As for offline viewing? Well, once we become to spend more fourth dimension out of the house and on the get, that should definitely prove useful. We could imagine saving shows for our commutes once nosotros're going dorsum to the offices.

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Henry is a senior editor at Tom's Guide covering streaming media, laptops and all things Apple, reviewing devices and services for the by six-plus years. Prior to joining Tom's Guide, he reviewed software and hardware for TechRadar Pro, and interviewed artists for Patek Philippe International Magazine. He's also covered the wild world of professional wrestling for Cageside Seats, interviewing athletes and other industry veterans.

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