How to use it to save data
YouTube Music is a good combination of audio and video, with music straight from YouTube’s vast inventory of content. Sometimes you might want to dive into audio-only mode, which can drastically reduce your data usage while listening. This guide will walk you through the process.
YouTube Music thrives on music videos and the music that comes from them. In addition to generic titles, music videos add a second layer to the service, allowing you to discover audible and visual content.
However, sometimes you may want to either save data or avoid the music videos altogether. Although videos are a big part of the service, they are entirely optional and entirely up to you
A free feature overlooked in Premium
As a free YouTube Music user, you may have no choice but to use the service in audio-only mode. In Canada, YouTube Music users cannot access videos in the app. As far as we can tell, it looks like this restriction is still only active in this region.
As a premium user, you have access to thousands of videos in the app and can enjoy both video and audio-only content. Of course, free users have the option to use regular YouTube to watch videos.
Although watching videos is considered a premium feature, in some cases users may still want to disable the feature. You might like integrating your YouTube history with your library for better song discovery, but that might not mean you want to watch a video every time you play a track. The audio-only mode does exactly what it sounds like – it crops the video right out of the picture.
How to enable audio only mode
The audio-only mode in YouTube Music for Android is a way to listen to all the content in the app without worrying about videos autoplaying. How to turn it on:
- On your device, open the YouTube Music app.
- Tap yours profile pic in the upper right corner.
- blow settings.
- Switch Limit mobile data usage to turn off videos when there is data, or press Do not play music videos to turn them off completely.
If any of these settings are enabled, videos will play back as normal tracks and will not be rendered. This can be a great data saver over time and come in handy in many different situations.
Even though YouTube videos are the bread and butter of YouTube Music, there’s a good case for audio-only mode.
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