YouTube for Android now giving 4K playback option even if don't have a 4K screen

19 February 2021
This is a server-side update and it remains to be seen how many devices are supported.

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  • Harish
  • XWw
  • 20 Feb 2021

Yeah i noticed it yesterday playing an unbox therapy video on op nord.it was smooth

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    • celtichazard
    • Bia
    • 20 Feb 2021

    Here Huawei Mate 30 Pro works right now this feature

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      • DeemedDark
      • sBU
      • 20 Feb 2021

      How will Work on P30 Lite?.

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        • Anonymous
        • g3L
        • 20 Feb 2021

        I still remember the horor of watching YouTube videos in 480p during pandamic.

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          • Anonymous
          • g3L
          • 20 Feb 2021

          It's a welcome feature. But I think 1080p is enough in a smartphone for most people. But obviously having more freedom of choosing video resolution is always good. Thank you Google.

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            • aRcIs
            • pFG
            • 20 Feb 2021

            Works perfectly on OnePlus 7T

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              • vijaygordhan
              • 7kf
              • 20 Feb 2021

              Siddhant Pandey, 20 Feb 2021I have seen 1080p videos on 720p redmi go and I can see the... moreNice auto

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                • Kevin
                • nSy
                • 20 Feb 2021

                I found 2160p on my oppo find x2 neo

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                  • Junaid
                  • XMw
                  • 20 Feb 2021

                  I havent got i bro

                    Yeah I'm also getting that option on my OnePlus 7t for 4k hdr. I also checked on samsung A50 and m30s but its only showing upto 1080p

                      mi 9t pro have 2160p option.

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                        • Anonymous
                        • 3Aj
                        • 20 Feb 2021

                        Samsung galaxy tab S5e here. 4K has shown up.

                          Just trying 4k 60fps on my old Xiaomi mi5 - everything works fine with some hiccups due to internet connection here and there. Works even better than on my laptop with intel core i5 6300u.

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                            • Anonymous
                            • m5J
                            • 20 Feb 2021

                            Do I care of 4K on mobile... !? NO I DON'T

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                              • AnonD-844232
                              • m5u
                              • 20 Feb 2021

                              I just tested it on mine Mate 20 X and it doesn't look good .. When I searched for 8k video and selected 4k I can see shimmering on certain spots.. when I selected 2k it was less and when I selected back to 1k then shimmering on certain spots gone...
                              On 4k video there were less shimmering..

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                                • AnonF-964910
                                • n5n
                                • 20 Feb 2021

                                Higher resoultion settings have higher bit-rates, So you benefit by getting less compression artifacts.

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                                  • The Undertaker
                                  • Kbc
                                  • 20 Feb 2021

                                  Huawei P30 lite, cannot see the 4k option even after updating the YouTube app. Even though I'm pretty sure the phone has more than enough processing power to play 4k videos smoothly.
                                  When I watch 1080p videos on YouTube, I can clearly see some artefacts, would be sweet to have the 4k option

                                    Anonymous, 20 Feb 2021Stadia? Google just fired their first party devs. After pra... moreThey did that to focus on 3rd party games which is more important and can bring new players quickly to new cloud gaming platform

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                                      • Shubham
                                      • GX3
                                      • 20 Feb 2021

                                      YouTube needs to renovate it's video player ( worse player ever used ),. .. most inconvenient

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                                        • Pratim
                                        • 7km
                                        • 20 Feb 2021

                                        Got the 4K Playback option in my Oneplus 7T