YouTube might reportedly limit access to 4K videos to only users of its Premium service
According to MacRumors, some users on Reddit and Twitter mentioned that they have started to notice that on iOS, and presumably across other platforms also
However, not all users are seeing the 4K quality option blocked behind YouTube’s paywall, and it is unclear if YouTube plans to move forward with this
A standard YouTube Premium plan costs $11.99 in the US and includes ad-free videos, background
playback, and the ability to download videos for offline viewing
The platform recently said it is testing a new feature in its mobile app with its Premium subscribers that allows them to zoom in on any video
The latest opt-in experimental feature enables a pinch-to-zoom gesture for videos — and it works both in portrait and full-screen landscape view
To enable pinch to zoom, open YouTube’s settings menu either on your phone or from the website
The video streaming platform is owned by YouTube