YouTube TV Finally Getting Around to More Flexible Multiview
YouTube TV subscribers are in for some changes later this year. The Google-owned streaming service says its multiview feature is expanding. In a blog post celebrating YouTube’s 20th birthday, Senior Product Manager Viraj Mahesh wrote:
In the next few weeks, YouTube TV members can experiment with building their own multiview with select non-sports content, starting with a small group of popular channels and expanding in the coming months.
This functionality is not new. I remember using it with the now-defunct PlayStation Vue almost a decade ago. Fubo users on Apple TV can already customize their multiview channels to include anything the service offers. The inability to choose your own channels in multiview means that the “news” option includes slanted opinion channels alongside more accurate news organizations.
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Mahesh also teased more changes coming for YouTube TV:
Get ready for a TV viewing upgrade this summer! Easier navigation, playback, quality tweaks, plus streamlined access to comments, channel info, and subscribing are heading to your screens.
The Streaming Smarter team and I no longer recommend YouTube TV, even though it was my top choice just a few years ago. DIRECTV has it beat with a wider range of channel options and better sports choices. Hulu + Live TV is the same price as YouTube TV, but you also get free Disney+, ESPN+, and Hulu on-demand. You have to pay for 4K with YouTube TV, but it’s included free with DIRECTV, Fubo, and Sling TV.
If YouTube TV really wanted to upgrade, it would offer more channel packages and better perks. I still don’t understand why they don’t include YouTube Premium with the subscription. As with most Google products, YouTube TV was great once, but the tech giant has a nasty habit of coasting, then eroding the quality of its once-groundbreaking services.
YouTube TV is somehow the top live TV streaming service with roughly 10 million subscribers. I wish I could show each of them DIRECTV or Hulu + Live TV. There are better TV options if you’re only willing to look.
