In the spring of this year, YouTube announced another new feature for YouTube Premium subscribers. While this feature gradually appeared in the summer, iOS device to the YouTube app, now you canonehas also been added to web playback. It is possible that the feature has been available to you for several days or weeks, as it is being gradually released to users. It is also possible that it will be released to you in the coming days. This is playback that you can switch to on the web, in iOS application and now also in Apple TV application under the quality item. In addition to the standard 1080p quality, YouTube Premium users can also switch to a quality labeled 1080p Premium HD. If the video is in higher quality such as 1440p and above, then of course nothing changes and if you are concerned about the resolution, you can easily switch to 8K.
1080p Premium is a quality that benefits YouTube Premium users for videos that are not available in a higher quality than 1080p, i.e. Full HD. When using 1080p Premium quality, YouTube offers a higher bitrate, making the video more detailed and sharper than regular 1080p. You have to switch to this quality manually, both in the application and on the website. So if you have YouTube Premium, there's no reason not to start using this new gadget for 1080p videos.
