Offline Video Playback feature In YouTube now available for users in India, Indonesia and Phillipines

Almost two months after making the announcement, Google has finally started rolling out the offline viewing feature to users of its YouTube Android and iOS app in India, Indonesia and the Philippines.

This feature allows users to watch videos even without internet. A download icon appears underneath videos that, once pressed, prompt users to store the content in standard or high definition. To drive home the purpose of the feature, YouTube provides the file sizes next to each option. This way users can see how much data they will use and the amount of space they must have remaining on their device.

Google has specifically picked these three markets because of the importance of mobile internet, coupled with the lack of people with data packages — not to mention the sometimes frustratingly poor quality of internet too.

This is a great initiative by Google in India where internet connectivity is still a problem. This would be a game changer!

This new offline YouTube experience is just a start. We hope to keep finding better ways to make video content more affordable and accessible to our growing base of YouTube mobile users in India - Google India 

Source: Official Google India Blog