If you live in India, we are sure you tired of streaming YouTube in standard definition a.k.a. 480P on your mobile phone. There is good news now as YouTube has now restored HD streaming after more than 6 months.
Back in March, YouTube had announced it was putting a cap to the resolution users could stream at in India so as to reduce bandwidth usage and reduce the strain on networks as a result of the pandemic.
Fast forward to July and YouTube announced that it had re-enabled 1080p streaming in the country but only if you are connected to a Wi-Fi network. This recent announcement says 1080p streaming is now available if you are connected to a mobile network. YouTube will also not default to 480p when you start streaming.
It has been reported that 1080p streaming was already being enabled back for those on mobile networks back in September but for a few people. However, a lot more users now have it enabled for them.
The feature should remain for the foreseeable future but we won’t be surprised if a restriction is announced in case there is another round of lockdown.
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