4K media is widely available these days, and YouTube is absolutely full of it, thanks to 4K cameras on smartphones and mirrorless cameras. On the platform, more people can watch content in 4K, and YouTube for Android now streams 4K content, regardless of the resolution of your screen.
For the past day or so, YouTube for Android has the ability to view content in 4K resolution, even if it’s available, widely expanded, even if your screen does not offer the resolution.
For the most part, smartphone screens fall between 720p and 1440p, with YouTube previously limiting the streaming resolution of a video to the resolution of the screen itself. Now, YouTube for Android streams video up to 2160p on all screens. The Pixel 4a and Pixel 5 with their 1080p screens, for example, now have the ability to stream 4K videos on my devices and our tipster could see the same on his Pixel 4. Two Reddit threads show that this feature rolls out quite widely.
Of course, this does not change the actual resolution of the screen itself. IF if you have a 1080p screen, you will still be able to watch the content effectively in 1080p. HoweverStreaming the higher resolution content will make the content look a little sharper on the screen, even if there is technically no resolution difference. The difference would be harder to see on a small phone screen than on a computer, but it’s nice that Google offers users the option.
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