{"id":67931,"date":"2014-06-05T21:27:01","date_gmt":"2014-06-05T19:27:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/?p=67931"},"modified":"2025-07-02T00:39:06","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T07:39:06","slug":"android-youtube-update-streaming-quality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/android-youtube-update-streaming-quality\/","title":{"rendered":"YouTube for Android finally adds streaming quality controls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A minor update to <strong>YouTube for Android<\/strong> lets you select your <strong>streaming quality<\/strong>. Previous versions featured a simple toggle for high definition but it didn&#8217;t allow for specific control. With the new streaming quality menu, you can select anything under 720p.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-67937\" title=\"YouTube Android update new and old\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2014\/06\/YouTube-Android-update-new-and-old-568x447.jpg\" alt=\"YouTube Android update new and old\" width=\"568\" height=\"447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2014\/06\/YouTube-Android-update-new-and-old-568x447.jpg 568w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2014\/06\/YouTube-Android-update-new-and-old-256x201.jpg 256w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2014\/06\/YouTube-Android-update-new-and-old.jpg 912w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 568px) 100vw, 568px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Left: New streaming options | Right: Old HD toggle<\/em><\/p>\n<p>While auto streaming quality usually works well, there are times where YouTube <strong>stutters<\/strong> trying to stream high resolution video. To stop stuttering, you can select a lower resolution stream to ensure smooth playback.<\/p>\n<p>The update is rolling out now to <a title=\"YouTube for Android Google Play\" href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.google.android.youtube\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Google Play<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"YouTube for Android\" href=\"http:\/\/youtube.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download YouTube for Android<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Lewis on Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lewisleong\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@lewisleong<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h4>RELATED STORIES<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/features.en.softonic.com\/the-best-apps-for-chromecast\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The best apps for Chromecast<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/angry-birds-stella-gets-september-release-date\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Angry Birds Stella gets September release date<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/the-walking-dead-pinball\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Walking Dead gets reimagined as a pinball game<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A minor update to YouTube for Android lets you select your streaming quality. Previous versions featured a simple toggle for high definition but it didn&#8217;t allow for specific control. With the new streaming quality menu, you can select anything under 720p. Left: New streaming options | Right: Old HD toggle While auto streaming quality usually &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/android-youtube-update-streaming-quality\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;YouTube for Android finally adds streaming quality controls&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2033,"featured_media":67937,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[],"tags":[2355],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-67931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-app-subdomain-redirectionyoutube"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2033"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67931"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67931\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":330640,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67931\/revisions\/330640"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67931"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=67931"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=67931"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=67931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}