Netflix was the first, but something told us it wasn't the only company inside reduce the quality of content play in Europe, with the goal of reducing data usage and reducing the high prevalence on Internet service servers while establishing a place where a large portion of the population that makes up the old continent is installed.
As guaranteed from Reuters, YouTube It is the second video platform that has decided reduce the quality of content delivery, to avoid forcing this Internet connection at a time when large numbers of people have switched to it work from home.
Unlike Netflix, which decided reduce the video transfer bitrate throughout Europe, from YouTube of their choice reduce video quality into their standard solutions for a while
By default, YouTube videos look awful in solitary confinement
The most important content providers have been asked by the European Union to take action avoid overloading on servers, which could jeopardize the telecommunication of thousands of people forced to stay home as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak. The request was made after some of the largest Internet service providers – the ISP – reported a spill in the cars on the first days of detention.
As I mentioned earlier, at Netflix they were the first to take this kind of action, slowing down video streaming a bit without changing the resolution, so that image pressure was high, and saves up to 25% on data usage.
Instead, YouTube decided select SD configuration as the default setup for videos. However, users will be able to maximize video resolution to improve their quality, and thus use additional bandwidth.
This is not as big a measure as the one taken by Netflix, since the series and movies prevent users from using the highest bitrate supported by the app, although it is likely that the decision made by Google will greatly help to slow down data overload. After all, we talk about it video service in to broadcast the most widely used in the world, which is one of the largest number of users worldwide.
Apart from these steps, it is important to remember that there are other forms of entertainment that transcend the use of streaming video, which can help slow down Internet traffic and, consequently, more server to ISPs. From Andro4all we have already provided you with a list of about 40 games that do not require Internet connection, which is relevant these days. In addition, this can also be a great time to do useful things and learn, for example, editing with a good Google app designed to teach software development concepts in JavaScript language.
YouTube enables news feeds through COVID-19
In addition to these steps, Google has also announced that, from now on, the first screen of the YouTube app will feature a news section on COVID-19, all from sources with verifiable information and supported by official information.
This feature will be available in 16 different countries, including Spain.
We want everyone to have access to official and certified content in the current environment we find ourselves.
So far, we're introducing this news section to # Covid_19, is already available internally @YouTube Spain and 15 other countries. https://t.co/VEcRxwQ8P4
– Google Spain (@GoogleES) March 20, 2020
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