Youtube Go (A Supposedly Lite Unreleased Alternative)

[Handsome Recluse]

Introducing YouTube Go A brand new app to download and watch videos

YouTube Go is your everyday companion, even when you have limited data or a slow connection.
️ Discover popular videos: songs, movies, TV shows, comedy, fashion, cooking, ️ how-to’s and many, many more!
️ Download and watch your favorite videos
️ Control your data and storage
️ Instantly share videos - no data used to transfer
️ Only 9MB app size

Control Your Data! $
- Choose to download or watch
- Preview videos before you download or watch
- Choose how many MBs you use on videos

It seems to be the equivalent to Facebook Lite for third world internet to Facebook.

 

[Handsome Recluse]

Nuuu. I botched the title.

 

[Syafiq]

Nuuu. I botched the title.

You just need to change your thread title, right Maybe If I'm not wrong there is a 'thread tools' on the top, click it and select edit thread title

 

[Marko :)]

Installed it and uninstalled it right away. It asks for way more permissions than normal YouTube. And, immediately after installation, you're asked to choose a language and enter a phone number.

 

[Ink]

Installed it and uninstalled it right away. It asks for way more permissions than normal YouTube. And, immediately after installation, you're asked to choose a language and enter a phone number.

YouTube Go is marketed for Asia, where data connections are limited or slow.

• Basic Quality 144p
• Standard Quality 360p
• Video downloads are encrypted so only work within the app
  
• Videos expire after 29 days in some countries
• Cannot be used to download audio-only (ie. .mp3)

Source: YouTube Go beta is here: Save videos to watch offline (Update: Now out of beta)

YouTube Go was designed and built from the ground up with insights from India, in order to bring the power of video to mobile users in a way that is more conscious of their data and connectivity, while still being locally relevant and social.
Source: YouTube Go is a new app for offline viewing and sharing

Alternate Download APK: YouTube Go APKs - APKMirror

 

[Ink]

App permissions between YouTube (Android) and YouTube Go (Android) identical, except where highlighted.

YouTube Go has access to:

Spoiler: View Permission List

Identity, Contacts

• find accounts on the device
• read your contacts
• modify your contacts

Location, SMS, Phone, Photos / Media / Files, Storage, Camera, Microphone, Wi-Fi connection information, Device ID & call information
Other

• full licence to interact across users
• receive data from Internet
• view network connections
• pair with Bluetooth devices
  
• access Bluetooth settings
• change network connectivity
• connect and disconnect from Wi-Fi
• full network access
• change your audio settings
• read sync settings
• run at startup
• use accounts on the device
• control vibration
• prevent device from sleeping
• modify system settings
• read Google service configuration

YouTube has access to:

Spoiler: View Permission List

Identity, Contacts, Location, SMS, Phone, Photos / Media / Files, Storage, Camera, Microphone, Wi-Fi connection information, Device ID & call information
Other

• manage document storage
• receive data from Internet
• view configured accounts
  
• YouTube usernames
  
• YouTube
• view network connections
• change network connectivity
• measure app storage space
• full network access
• control Near-Field Communication
• read sync settings
• run at startup
• draw over other apps
• use accounts on the device
• control vibration
• prevent device from sleeping
• toggle sync on and off
• read Google service configuration