Google went back on its intent to support youtube 4K on iOS. They are not without fault here.
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iPhone XS Max Why Is YouTube Limited To 1080p Within iOS App?
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What if we want it? We can live without so many things but what kind of life would that be?
If you want it then go to Android.
As it has been mentioned this is google’s doing and not Apple.
I don’t care for 1440p. What I care about is iOS not remembering the setting and defaults to 360p! All the freaking time. That’s redicilous.
Yeah. iOS YouTube app does not remember quality settings at all! On the flip side however, I do not need to worry about eating away too much of my data allowance when watching a YouTube video, and I now often just listen to video than actually watching it. I want to have something English grinding my ears more than before.
Yep, and like a good boy I religiously set EVERY VIDEO to 1080p.
This sad to know.
Apple logic is really backwards sometimes.
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I have 100GB a month and also WiFi virtually everywhere.
When I watch something, I’d rather watch it in the best quality possible and make use of the “Super Retina” Screen in my XS Max and especially on the iPad.
Seems like it’s google not Apple. Google could support anything.
The annoying thing about not it is my XS max has a awesome screen. And when you watch a video and it looks like the persona talking is melting because of the poor video quality I’m like really? At first I thought there was something wrong with my phone or internet connection. But nope not even close.
It would cost apple nothing to add vp9 decoding support in the media player framework in the iOS SDK.
I never have this issue. Just checked on WiFi and cellular only and it never defaults to 360p
Exactly!
Far easier for Apple to just support it.
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You would see benefit of 1440pHDR60FPS
I hope the next phone will have 4K HDR 120Hz or at least, the 2020 one.
Ignore who it is easier for to implement and look at who is getting paid. iOS users pay apple for a premium experience. It is apple that has failed in this situation.
What does getting paid have to do with this? Nothing. I put the blame on YouTube as this is the web, but that is my opinion and your opinion is your opinion.
It also depends on the quality the video was upload, rather than internet speed.
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Well of course.
4K HDR has been done in phones.
120Hz has been done on iPad and Phones.
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Yeah, exactly.
You would think that Apple can simply allow the iPhone to decode the 1440 / 2160 footage.
Fair play to Google - they ADDED HDR Support for iPhone!
Ok. I was just checking, because the idea that the next iPhone would have 4K is beyond wishful thinking. I would be really stoked if Apple did it in 2020, but given that Samsung hasn't even done it yet, and they had 1440p 6 years ago (while the iPhone still doesn't have it), it's pretty unlikely.