YouTube is a popular video streaming website. You can watch videos of different niches on Youtube. The best thing is it is free to use. You can also listen to different songs on YouTube. It also has a vast collection of movies from Bollywood, Hollywood, and Tollywood.
Watching videos on YouTube consumes a lot of data. It gives you the option to download videos on youtube but only a few videos can be downloaded. What if you wish to keep a check on the mobile data that you spend on youtube. Today in this article we will learn how to reduce the mobile data usage on the YouTube app for the android platform.
Let us check out the steps to reduce data usage on the YouTube app for Android.
How to Reduce Data Usage in YouTube app
The YouTube app for Android has a dedicated section for data saving which offers many options to manage the data usage. Here’s what each option means:
Data Saving Mode: Using this setting you can save the data and can run videos in low quality.
Reduce Video Quality: This option when turned on reduces the quality if the video thereby saving the mobile data. Isn’t that cool?
Reduce Download Quality: When you turn on this option, you can reduce the download quality of the videos thereby reducing the data usage.
Only Download over WiFi and unrestricted mobile data: This option will allow download of videos only when your phone is connected to the Wifi or to an unrestricted mobile device.
Upload over WiFi only: This option will allow the upload of videos only when you are connected to the Wifi.
Muted Playback in feeds over WiFi only: This option when turned on disables the auto play feature on youtube. Autoplay will work only when the mobile is connected to the Wifi.
So, we have learned about all these options in the Youtube app. Now let us learn how you can turn on the data saving mode in the Youtube app for android.
How to Turn on Data Saving mode in YouTube App
Step1: First of all open the YouTube app on your Android mobile phone.
Step 2: Click on your profile picture in the app.
Step 3: Now scroll down a bit and look for the Settings option.
Step 4: Click on the Data Saving mode in the settings option.
Step 5. You can manually turn on the option. When you click on the Data saving mode the default settings will be turned on. Else you can choose the option that suits you the best.
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So, these were the steps to enable Data saving mode in the Youtube app. You can save a considerable amount of data on your internet pack. If you have any queries, feel free to ask through the comments section below. Stay tuned to TechAdvises for more such tech knowledge and resources.
