How to watch YouTube videos on your Android device without connecting to the Internet

One of the successful ways struggle with procrastination It is to use the services of deferred reading, the best of which is the Pocket. You just keep using it you are interested in an article, and then quietly viewing on any device in your spare time, and for this you do not even need to connect to the web. Interestingly, and perhaps the same is done with the contents of YouTube? After all, it would really be nice if your desired video itself downloaded to your gadget for viewing on the way home or anywhere else.

We found the whole two ways to do it, and with whom we want to introduce you to this article.

1. Built-in application function

YouTube service provides for delayed viewing videos right to you. To do this, the playback control panel of each roller there is a special button "Watch Later".

But how do I make this video is automatically downloaded for offline viewing? It turns out, it is not so difficult.

To do this, use the built-in YouTube client for branded Android features, about which, however, not everyone knows.

1. Open the YouTube app on your tablet or smartphone.
2. Go to the Settings app and go to the section "Preload".
3. Tick ​​the box next to "List „watch later“».

Now, any of you marked clip is automatically saved on the device for later viewing. Caching occurs at a time when the device has access to Wi-Fi and is connected to the Network of. Readiness for viewing will witness a small arrow at the bottom right of the playback window. Unfortunately, there are still some significant nuances that largely limit the use of this method:

• Video is stored on your device within two days;
• This feature is only available on operating systems not lower Jelly Bean;
• to play, you will need at least some, even the most weak, access to the Internet, so it is offline leave will not work.

And finally, the most unpleasant thing is that in the last update of Google even removed this feature. It seems to promise to return after rework, but for now, it may be advisable to install a previous version of YouTube, which you will find on this page.

2. Appendix YouTube Downloader

Google is very negative attitude towards any attempt of downloading YouTube videos so regularly removes from the app store the appropriate tools. Because of this we are interested in the program will have to be downloaded from Developer site.

YouTube Downloader, as its name suggests, is designed to save the video on your device. And he does it very agile, to select the desired format, is able to extract only the audio track and so on. In addition, we will need a simple recipe service IFTTT, able to send a link to a clip on your smartphone or tablet. This can be done in several different ways.

By email:

Through service Pocket:

With Pushbullet service:

After the link to the movie in some way turned on your device, you need to send it to YouTube Downloader application. Make it very easy using the standard menu "Send". After that, you just have to choose the format you want and save the file to your device for later viewing.

Each of these methods has its advantages and disadvantages. The first operation is fully automatic, but includes a number of restrictions. The second requires you to perform a few extra steps, but it works quite reliably. So that the final choice is, of course, up to you.

Maybe you still know any way to the offline viewing of video from YouTube?