YOUTUBE GO EXPANDS ITS PRESENCE

YouTube is introducing its lightweight YouTube Go app in over 130 countries. This Android app is the redesigned version of the regular YouTube app and is optimised for users with poor connectivity or expensive data tariffs. It allows users to download videos for viewing offline.

YouTube Go was first launched in beta in India in September, 2016 and was then introduced in 14 countries including Indonesia, South Africa and Thailand. According to Google Play statistics, the app was 10 million times. Housing shortages are a reality in many a plush city and Hong Kong stands first in the crisis. With soaring rent, many people are forced into cheap black market apartments called coffin cubicles. A prominent Hong Kong- based studio is trying to introduce affordable micro- housing and has built what is called an OPod Tube House, built out of concrete water pipe. It measures a little over 8 feet in width. downloaded The new app comes with a set of new features. One of the Japanese artist Ipnot’s miniature food embroidery has taken textile art to a new high. From a tiny bowl of Ramen, complete with thread for noodles, to a bubbling cup of Matcha tea, Ipnot chooses from a range of 500 colors of embroidery threads to create miniature lifelike depictions of food and drink. The finished work is then skillfully photographed to give it a lifelike feel. highlights is that the users can share downloaded videos with friends who have installed the app. The other key features are that users can preview and the pick quality of videos before downloading them.

While the app is being rolled out in over 130 countries, the focus is still on locations that have limited access to cellular data. According to a YouTube spokesperson, the company does not have a plan to introduce YouTube Go to western countries such as United States, Canada, Germany, France, England as well as Japan and South Korea.