Exclusive: YouTube 1080P Premium feature spotted on free account

YouTube 1080P Premium Enhanced Bitrate high quality setting which was beforehand unique to paying subscribers is now accessible without spending a dime accounts additionally. It was noticed on choose content material and appears to have been rolled out to pick out customers solely.

We first observed the characteristic on a soccer match on Sony Liv’s YouTube channel. Among the many high quality settings, we noticed the 1080P Premium HD choice.

The identical wasn’t accessible on a number of different units/a number of different person accounts.

YouTube 1080P Premium on the net (Video: Croatia 0 – 0 Spain | Ultimate | Highlights | UEFA Nations League | nineteenth June 2023).

This makes us consider that maybe YouTube is step by step rolling it to all customers. If that is in actual fact a phased launch, all of us are prone to get it will definitely. Or possibly this can be a managed testing of some form. 

In any case, right here’s what this characteristic presents:

YouTube 1080P Premium: What’s the profit?

hey there! some vids are solely eligible for an enhanced bitrate in the event that they had been solely uploaded in 1080p! extra data about that right here: https://t.co/kVTBc8wifo

— TeamYouTube (@TeamYouTube) June 19, 2023

1080P Premium HD was initially an iOS-only characteristic that too for premium subscribers. Nevertheless because it was anticipated, the standard setting has made its approach to the online additionally.

YouTube calls 1080P Premium “an enhanced bitrate model of 1080p,” which condenses extra element per pixel giving a crispier output. 

Be aware, this feature seems when the movies are uploaded in 1080p high quality and are heavy on element and movement.

In its official weblog put up, YouTube says the 1080P Premium choice received’t seem on Dwell Streams, Shorts, and movies uploaded at resolutions greater or decrease than 1080p. 

YouTube additionally says that YouTube Premium customers may have the content material set to 1080P Premium by default. Once we checked, the content material we performed additionally was routinely set to this Enhanced Bitrate choice.