In this article I’m going to share step by step guide on how to download YouTube videos on Android phone for offline viewing. I know every users is looking for this, so keep reading if you want to know, how this can become possible.
Few days back you might heard of this news that Google is planning to provide YouTube offline playback support of video in India. This was announced at the Android One launching event and would work by introducing an extra button with a downward arrow as an icon under the video, which when pressed give you option to select the video quality you want to download. And being in India, this offline support is much welcome feature specially for users who has access to 3G and 4G.
Its seems like above discussed feature is finally rolling out in India. There is not doubt that, the release will be in stages, so users in India should be receiving notifications for a Youtube update in the upcoming days. So to the folks waiting patiently, or justifiably restlessly, hold tight, because you’ll be able to watch offline Youtube videos very soon.
But if you can’t wait and want to access this feature now, you can go through below step by step guide to that teach you all the process.
Guide to Download Youtube videos for Offline Viewing on Android phone
1. First step is to download the latest version of YouTube from here i.e. version 6.0.13
2. Once you downloaded the application just install it in your Android phone. Make sure to check Unknown sources. You will find this option under settings> privacy> unknown sources.
3. Once the latest version of YouTube is installed on your device. Just open the application and you will get a pop up with message i.e “take videos offline, download videos to watch them without internet”. This message confirm that you got the latest feature by Google.
4. To download video, you just need to press extra button with a downward arrow as an icon under the video, which when pressed give you option to select the video quality you want to download.
5. Once your choose the desired quality for downloading a video, the downloading will start in background.
6. You can find all the downloaded videos under “offline” option which you’ll find at the top of the app screen. You can also header over to settings> offline to make any change to this feature.
So this is how you can use this new feature to download YouTube videos on your Android phone without using any third part application. So give a try this and let me know your thoughts about this give by Google.
