The mobile version of YouTube has come a long way in recent years, even replacing the dedicated mobile app for some. Most of the features available on the desktop or laptop version have come to mobile devices.
From comments and playlists to dark mode and annotations, YouTube's mobile site, in addition to the mobile app, has become really cool. Of course, sometimes you need to use the desktop site to get the most out of video viewing.
Even though more than half of Internet traffic comes from mobile devices, sometimes you need to switch to the desktop version of YouTube to get the most out of it. Here's how to do it How to watch YouTube desktop site on your phone or tablet.
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Watch YouTube Desktop Site from Your Android Phone
Follow these easy steps:
- The first method is “start browsing to YouTube” in your mobile browser.
- Then click on the three-dot menu icon at the top right corner and “select desktop”However, if you have the mobile app installed on your device, you will find that Android It redirects you to the mobile app no matter how many times you click on the desktop.
- Instead of clicking on the YouTube menu icon, “Click the Chrome menu icon” to open Chrome settings. In this drop-down menu, you will find a checkbox for the desktop site.
- You should now see the desktop site but in miniature. You should also be able to access all the browsing features, see your favorites and all the good stuff. The same procedure also works with other mobile browsers, although the desktop option may be hidden in a different menu than Chrome. Either way, just look for the option that says «Desktop site».
View any desktop website from your Android phone
The above process will work with any website you choose to visit. You can make the same selection with other mobile browsers as well. In Firefox, click on the menu and then on «Request desktop site».
In Opera, go to the menu, Settings, and User Agent, then switch from Mobile to Desktop. If you use a different browser, you'll likely have the same type of option. Since most of them are Chromium-based, they'll likely be similar to Chrome.
View YouTube Desktop Site from Your iPhone
Users iPhone e iOS experience the same thing. Mobile Safari does a pretty satisfactory job of rendering mobile websites, but it's not always the experience we want. Like Android, there is a way to view the YouTube desktop site from your iPhone using Safari.
- Depending on how you've set up your phone, you may first need to enable JavaScript.
- “Go to Settings” on your iPhone.
- “Select Safari” and then Advanced. Toggle JavaScript On.
- Now use Safari to access YouTube.
- Open Safari as normal and navigate to youtube.com.
- Select the menu icon in the top left corner and select Desktop.
- If you're using iOS 11 or higher, you can also select Share in Safari and then select Request Desktop Site. Either way, you should now see the desktop version instead of the mobile version of YouTube.
View any desktop site from your iPhone
As with Android, you can repeat the above process on almost any website you choose to visit. If you use Chrome for iOS or another browser instead of Safari, you can also request the desktop website.
- “Open Chrome” on your iPhone.
- Click the three-dot menu icon in the top right corner.
- Check the box next to Desktop Site.
- Navigate to your website as usual.
The same goes for Opera Mini, Dolphin, Firefox Focus, or any of the other alternatives you have installed. They will all have similar options for choosing the desktop site in the menu.
Conclusion
The theory behind offering a mobile site via desktop is sound. They have been simplified and stripped down to burn less data and load much more quickly. They should also be optimized for smaller screens. That's all well and good if the same site doesn't compromise on navigation quality and provides mobile users with as similar an experience to desktop as possible. But that's not always the case.
In the case of YouTube, there simply isn't enough screen real estate to emulate the desktop experience in a way that works well enough to satisfy Google. Users, on the other hand, have other ideas.
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