YouTube Go: In One suspension on its official blog, YouTube announced a new app with innovative features it could do without connection και να παρέχει οικονομικά αποδοτικές υπηρεσίες. Το YouTube Go είναι ουσιαστικά μια version της κύριας εφαρμογής YouTube, αλλά προσπαθεί να μην χρεώνει με δεδομένα τον account of the user's mobile phone is watching video.
The blog post states that YouTube technicians, designers and the researchers they found there was a need for a more efficient version of YouTube, particularly in countries like India, where mobile data isn't cheap and videos have trouble streaming especially during peak hours.
The group from YouTube traveled to India to collect ideas and try their prototypes with people from 15 cities. So the new app is supposed to be faster than the previous YouTube app.
The team developed YouTube Go from the ground up trying to provide users with easy video streaming and a interface which makes it very easy to navigate.
It can work with low or no connectivity, probably by incorporating the smart link feature that allows users to schedule a video to be saved offline later. The application is expected to be more cost effective and reduce data usage.
Another feature will allow users to share videos with friends without using data. This means that users will be able to send and receive videos even when they are offline.
YouTube announced that the application will be released in the coming months in order to improve its features based on user feedback. They will be widely available early next year and people can register to receive a notification when their distribution begins.