Back in September at the Android One event Google announced that YouTube will get offline playback in India. Now the feature is available for YouTube for Android in India. This lets you add videos to watch it offline by selecting an icon below the video or by selecting Add to Offline from a video’s context menu. Once added, an available offline icon will be displayed below the video. There is a separate playlist called Offline, to view all the videos that are saved offline.
You can also remove the saved videos if you don’t need them anymore or if you are running out of space on your device. If you have less than 5% of storage space remaining, you won’t be able to add videos to offline. There is a separate offline setting that lets you select the video quality and select option to add over Wi-Fi only. According to YouTube, you should be Music Key subscriber, but it looks like it’s free for India.
Offline mode will be useful for people who don’t get much connectivity. Update YouTube to the latest version and try out the offline mode yourself. Google is also rolling out a major update for YouTube for Android that brings Material Design UI.