Has Google gone crazy? 4K could be a YouTube Premium feature

Subscription services are becoming increasingly popular in 2022, offering everything from Netflix to Telegram. There is one and

at YouTube – the world's leading video hosting service.Today, YouTube Premium offers the ability to watch content without ads, play videos in the background, and cache them for offline viewing. Many can do without this, but soon the subscription may be replenished with a function that is commonplace today. A screenshot appeared on the Reddit forum, allegedly obtained from a beta version of the application, which is being tested. Here we see that 2160p (4K) resolution is the prerogative of YouTube Premium.

For smartphone owners this“innovation” It's unlikely to make a big difference, but those who watch YouTube on 4K TVs will clearly be unhappy. This is especially true for users from Russia, where YouTube Premium is not available at all due to Google’s policies. There has been no official announcement of such plans yet, so the hope remains that this is just a misunderstanding.

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    According to Reddit