{"id":96967,"date":"2018-02-05T14:35:09","date_gmt":"2018-02-05T14:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=96967"},"modified":"2025-07-01T23:40:44","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T06:40:44","slug":"youtube-go-will-give-you-more-control-and-will-save-you-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/youtube-go-will-give-you-more-control-and-will-save-you-money\/","title":{"rendered":"YouTube Go app will give you control of your data &#8211; and save you money"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Videos are everywhere these days. Everything, from ads to articles, contains videos because we just love them. The only problem with videos <strong>is the size<\/strong> of them. Due to large file sizes, people who live with limited mobile internet access or who don\u2019t have much data bundled in with their cell phone plan <strong>don\u2019t have much access to videos<\/strong> when they\u2019re out of the house. For these people, Google has some good news because it is rolling out globally a <strong>YouTube feature<\/strong> that debuted in India back in 2016.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtube-go.en.softonic.com\/android\">YouTube Go<\/a>, which is <strong>now available in 130 countries around the world<\/strong>, gives users <strong>more control<\/strong> over their data usage by giving them some options each time they play a video and even the facility to download videos to watch later. Users of YouTube Go will be <strong>shown a preview<\/strong> of each video they select before having to commit to watching the whole thing, and they\u2019ll also be <strong>able to choose how much data they want to use<\/strong> at certain times of the day.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"YouTube Go\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_optimized,f_auto\/p\/b0666ece-9b6e-11e6-8e86-00163ec9f5fa\/1239395823\/youtube-go-logo.png\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">YouTube Go<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/youtube-go.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download YouTube Go<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--80\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"80\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"8\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\">8<\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\">YouTube Go is a free, official app from Google that provides a variety of features that make the YouTube more bandwidth-conscious and help avoid buffering while on the go.<\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/youtube-go.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<p>In a further step to help people share their favorite videos without incurring charges from their cell provider, <strong>YouTube Go allows people to wirelessly send videos<\/strong> they\u2019ve downloaded people in their close vicinity. If you have a favorite episode or funny clip you\u2019ll merely be able to beam it to your friends when you\u2019re with them <strong>without having to use your cellular network<\/strong> or even a Wi-Fi connection.<\/p>\n<p>YouTube Go shows that the video-sharing network should be seen <strong>on a par with major networks and online streaming services<\/strong> like Netflix. Having the ability to download episodes from your favorite YouTuber officially puts these episodes on the same footing as episodes from your favorite TV shows.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think of YouTube Go? Will you be taking advantage of the extra control the app gives you?<\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"YouTube Go\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_optimized,f_auto\/p\/b0666ece-9b6e-11e6-8e86-00163ec9f5fa\/1239395823\/youtube-go-logo.png\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">YouTube Go<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/youtube-go.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download YouTube Go<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--80\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"80\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"8\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\">8<\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\">YouTube Go is a free, official app from Google that provides a variety of features that make the YouTube more bandwidth-conscious and help avoid buffering while on the go.<\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/youtube-go.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Follow me on Twitter:\u00a0<a class=\"ProfileHeaderCard-screennameLink u-linkComplex js-nav\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PatrickDevaney_\"><span class=\"username u-dir\" dir=\"ltr\">@<b class=\"u-linkComplex-target\">PatrickDevaney_<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Videos are everywhere these days. Everything, from ads to articles, contains videos because we just love them. The only problem with videos is the size of them. Due to large file sizes, people who live with limited mobile internet access or who don\u2019t have much data bundled in with their cell phone plan don\u2019t have &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/youtube-go-will-give-you-more-control-and-will-save-you-money\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;YouTube Go app will give you control of your data &#8211; and save you money&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9073,"featured_media":96268,"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-96967","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\/96967","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\/9073"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96967"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96967\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":328321,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96967\/revisions\/328321"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96967"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=96967"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=96967"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=96967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}