YouTube is testing video downloads on computers

There’s no shortage of ways to capture YouTube videos on the web. Take your pick of dangerous websites, or just go old-school and record a video of your desktop. Now, YouTube is finally offering a simpler solution for computer users: A download button. As Android Police reports, it’s currently available as an experimental feature for Premium subscribers. That’s not a huge surprise, as YouTube already offers mobile video downloads for subscribers too. 

Once you’ve flipped it on, you’ll see a download button right next to the share option below videos, or alongside the three dot menu when browsing. After downloading a video, it gets placed in your offline YouTube library. You can choose to grab videos in resolutions from 144p to 1080p — sorry, 4K fanatics. At this point, there doesn’t appear to be any size limit, aside from your available storage.

From my quick tests, the feature works as advertised on Safari and Chrome. Personally, it’s not something I’d use as often as mobile downloads, but it’s a nice option to have for future trips.

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