YouTube Go was first announced in 2016 as a lightweight Android app that’s optimized for lower-end hardware and constrained cellular connectivity. YouTube announced today that it was shutting down the Go app “beginning in August.”
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YouTube Go has now surpassed the 500 million downloads milestone over on the Google Play Store.
Over the course of 2017, YouTube launched and rolled out a more optimized version of its mobile app for developing countries. Starting today, YouTube Go is officially coming to over 130 more markets.
YouTube Go, Google’s lightweight YouTube client that’s unfortunately only available in a select few countries, is now out of beta. The app, as you might already know, lets those who have access to very little internet bandwidth enjoy the YouTube mobile viewing experience as much as possible.
At the second annual Google for Indonesia event today, the company announced a slew of updates coming to the country. Major production additions include Assistant now working in Bahasa Indonesia and YouTube Go, while Google also announced a number of humanitarian programs.
Initially debuting in February, YouTube is today officially launching a beta of its lightweight Android app aimed at bandwidth-constrained parts of the world. For the moment, YouTube Go is still only available in India.