YouTube now supports 4K on low-res phones — here’s why that’s great

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By Napier LopezFeb 19, 2021, 2:51 pm170 pts
It’s long been a pet peeve of mine that YouTube videos on mobile devices are limited to roughly the resolution of the screen itself. That appears to be changing now. As reported by XDA, Reddit users recently began to notice YouTube’s Android app is now allowing users to play resolutions as high as 4K…

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