Last week, YouTube said that it’s defaulting video quality to 480p worldwide to save bandwidth, because more people are watching videos during lockdowns in various countries. Videos will start playing ...

YouTube announced today that it will reduce its automatic video quality to standard definition (480p) for the next month to reduce the pressure on internet infrastructure brought on by COVID-19 ...

Touting it as a "free and convenient data-saving feature," AT&T will roll out a new option that will stream video from your phone or tablet in standard-definition quality (about 480 pixels), rather ...

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One of the things that frequent users of YouTube on their smartphones have wanted for a long time was the ability to choose their default video quality setting. YouTube first announced in June that it ...

If you’re a bit of a pixel peeper, it can be pretty annoying to always have to change the quality settings on YouTube to get that crispy HD footage. This is especially true on mobile, where video ...

T-Mobiles’ Binge On program has gone too far by throttling all streaming video traffic regardless of data plan or network congestion, according to a group of tech industry heavyweights. The Internet ...

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Charter Communications launched its mobile broadband service on June 30, and it’s throttling all video streams to DVD quality. “DVD-quality video streaming is supported. Video typically streams at ...

Samuel has spent years writing about mobile carriers and their networks following a stint working as a technician in a carrier phone store. Whether it's helping people avoid 36-month payment plans, or ...