What Is YouTube Smart Downloads?

Wouldn’t it be great if you got to watch your favorite kind of videos on YouTube offline? With YouTube Smart Downloads users can now have all the content they like on YT, available offline. And the best part is that they don’t have to sit and download it themselves!

Using the YouTube Smart Downloads feature users can get a list of videos offline that are downloaded automatically based on their likings. So when you’re on the go or not in the mood to search for any video to watch you have these videos with you. So let’s see what this feature actually is and who can use it.

What Is Smart Downloads On YouTube?

YouTube Smart Downloads is a feature that is available for only YouTube Premium users that allows viewers to watch videos offline. This feature automatically downloads videos based on the watch history of a user. These videos are mostly from the ‘recommended videos’ section, which makes the feature more user-friendly.

The main aim of introducing this feature was to make more content available offline for users. This is a great way to save on mobile data as users just need to be online once a month to add more downloads to their list. But for these downloads to work automatically, users should be connected to Wi-fi.

Interesting right? But before knowing how you can enable this feature know that it is available only for iOS, Android, and iPad OS and not for the web version on YouTube. Also, this smart downloads feature is available for YouTube Music premium users.

How To Turn On Smart Downloads YouTube?

To enable this feature through your YT Premium account, follow these steps:

1. Go to your YouTube app.
2. Tap on Library in the bottom right corner.
3. Now go to Downloads.
4. Tap on the three dots in the top right corner.
5. Go to Settings.
6. Toggle Smart Downloads to on.

When turned on and if your device is connected to internet the app will automatically start downloading.

But at times, YouTube Smart Downloads can be a little annoying as you might not want these videos getting downloaded on their own as they take up space on your device. So in that case simply Toggle Smart Downloads to off and the feature will be disabled.

What Is Smart Downloads On YouTube Music?

Apart from the YT app, Smart downloads are also available on the YT Music app. On the music app, this feature automatically downloads songs based on your liking and keeps your playlist updated.

Now that you know what is smart downloads on YouTube Music let’s see how you can access this feature on the YT Music mobile app.

How To Turn On Smart Downloads On YouTube Music?

To enable this feature on your YouTube Music app, you must have the premium version of the app. Follow these steps to turn on the smart downloads feature:

1. Go to the YouTube Music app
2. Tap on Profile
3. Then go to Downloads
4. Turn on Smart Downloads

Note: The feature is only available on the mobile version of the YouTube Music app. 

The songs curated based on your listening will start downloading. The only requirement is that your device must be connected to internet, and if not daily then at least once in 30 days.

If you think that the songs getting downloaded are not of your liking and are just taking up the space you can turn off this feature anytime. You can even click on to particular song and manually remove songs that you don’t want.

Since the feature has been out many users had a mixed reaction to it. Many YouTube Premium users regarded this as a great call! While for others it was just a miss as this builds up unwanted memory issues on their devices.

Conclusion

YouTube Smart Downloads is a feature that keeps you entertained even when you don’t have internet and just want to watch or listen to something. Getting YouTube’s premium version for this is totally worth it as many users enjoy this feature.