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YouTube to get offline viewing on mobile

Victor Barreiro Jr.

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YouTube is working on an upcoming feature to add videos for offline viewing on its mobile app

OFFLINE VIEWING? YouTube is working on enabling videos to be viewed without an Internet connection on YouTube's mobile app.

MANILA, Philippines – Looking for a way to watch some YouTube videos while on your morning commute? YouTube is planning to find a way for you to get some mobile entertainment even when you’re not online.

YouTube announced that it was working on an upcoming feature on the YouTube mobile apps that would “allow people to add videos to their device to watch for a short period when an Internet connection is unavailable.”

A TechCrunch report added that such a move would be the first step in offsetting attention on third-party applications and services that allow for online video downloading. Such apps and services are against YouTube’s terms of service.

YouTube tested the ability to watch precached videos on its Android app in 2012, though that required users to be online for at least the first second of the video upon pressing play. – Rappler.com

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Victor Barreiro Jr.

Victor Barreiro Jr is part of Rappler's Central Desk. An avid patron of role-playing games and science fiction and fantasy shows, he also yearns to do good in the world, and hopes his work with Rappler helps to increase the good that's out there.
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