Google’s latest YouTube app — YouTube Go — has been available in select countries for a few months now. Now, the company is looking to expand it massively — to more than a hefty 130 countries. The lightweight app allows users who have little internet bandwidth to watch videos offline while also being able to control their data.
The beta version was originally launched in September, and Google described it as an app “built from scratch” to bring YouTube to “the next generation of viewers” — people saddled with unstable internet connections. It’s specifically created to work with slow speeds and a small amount of storage.
“We realized that for the next generation of YouTube users to fully discover all that YouTube has to offer, we had to reimagine the YouTube mobile app from the ground up,” Johanna Wright, YouTube’s vice president of product management, wrote in a blog post. “[Indian viewers’] experience is not great on slower connections and less powerful mobile phones.”
For those who want to keep track of the data being used, YouTube Go includes data-saving features. You can choose to download or watch videos, as well as preview them before committing to a download. The app also allows you to choose how many megabytes you use on videos.
With YouTube Go, you have the option to download the videos to your phone or SD card, and you can watch them even if you have slow or no internet connection. You’re able to choose between basic quality, standard quality, and high quality before pressing play or choosing to download it.
Even with limited internet, videos should play without buffering, and downloading content will have no extra data cost. If you want to share with friends and family, transferring videos also uses no data.
Not all of YouTube Go’s features are new. In 2014, Google launched YouTube Offline, a setting within the YouTube app that lets users download videos. Smart Offline, which launched last year, automatically schedules downloads on days and times when networks are least congested.
YouTube Go is available for download in the Google Play Store in more than 130 countries. We don’t have a full list of those countries yet. The app also works on Android 4.1, Jelly Bean and up.
Update: YouTube Go is expanding to more than 130 countries.
Are you tired of paying for streaming services you never watch just to get a phone plan feature you actually want? T-Mobile has good news for you! The carrier is rolling out new plans, called T-Mix, in early November to replace its old Experience lineup with a build-your-own perks system called Picks.
The benefits you choose vary from streaming and gaming to food delivery, AI, satellite service, and phone discounts. But if you are satisfied with your existing plan, you can keep it.
Merely days after the iPhone Duo hit the shelves, images of broken screens on the phone started popping up across social media. Until now, it’s been unclear what’s causing the line of defective pixels that appears vertically along the crease, as well as horizontally, on the phone’s inner display.
Apple has finally acknowledged the issue, which has shown up on iPhone Duo units owned by customers as well as demo units in stores. In a statement shared with Bloomberg, Apple says that not all iPhone Duo units are affected and that those that are tend to show the display fault early on. The company added that users who experience problems with their iPhone Duo display should contact AppleCare for a replacement.
Not long ago, Apple treated independent repair like an act of outright hostility. The Cupertino giant locked down parts with serial-number pairing, while repair tools remained firmly out of reach of anyone outside its authorized repair network. More importantly, the company waged a legal and lobbying battle against right-to-repair legislation.
I've covered enough of these fights over the years to know what a shift looks like. That's why what happened in October 2026 genuinely caught me off guard. The day the iPhone Duo went on sale, what may be the most mechanically complex iPhone to date, Apple pulled off a surprising about-face. It published teardown-style repair manuals for a handful of major components.