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(Pocket-lint) – If you’re a YouTube Music user, you might be aware of a feature called Smart Downloads.
Essentially, it’s a feature that automatically downloads songs when connected to a Wi-Fi network, allowing you to save data while listening on the go.
Now YouTube has started testing a similar feature for the main YouTube app on Android smartphones.
The new feature works the same way, but with video content and not music.
It is reported that some Android users in Europe are seeing a pop-up window on their device that allows them to try Smart Downloads on the YouTube app.
Once registered, the app will automatically download 20 new videos every week while connected to WiFi.
The videos are selected by an algorithm that takes into account your favorite genres and watch history to create a curated download list that suits your tastes.
The 20 videos are in the same playlist as your manually downloaded offline videos.
Users are notified when disk space is low and can choose to free up disk space or cancel downloads.
The feature is currently only available to YouTube Premium subscribers running Android 12 in certain regions, but we wouldn’t be surprised if it rolled out to other devices and regions in the near future.
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As data plans become more accommodating, there are many places where things are more restrictive and many places where there is no signal at all. So it’s easy to see why YouTube is rolling out this feature. It could be a lifesaver on a long and boring commute to work
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