At the Android One launch event in India, Google announced a treat for
Android users in India. It said that it will shortly allow Android users
in the country to download YouTube videos and watch them offline whenever they want.
youtube mentioned that by using the offline feature users can see their favorite video again and again with out any data usage and it would also allow facility of storing the video on a device.
So the whole package involves download and saving any video without even spending any data package. Thus we can say that streaming youtube video will not be the only option to the android users of India. youtube providing this treat to the Indian android users as a part of an initiate to provide Google driven services at cheaper rates.
YouTube executive, Ceaser Sengupta stated that most of the youtube video will be made available offline for the users. According to him 40% of a overall traffic from India comes from Smartphones, Tablets and other Mobile Devices.
However the date of release still not announced by Google. It would somewhere help google making YouTube service more attractive in the country.
It will be interesting to see how Google navigates
these challenges and we will no doubt know more in the next couple of
weeks. However, as consumers, we have to say that this is good news even
with the limited information available right now.
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