Update (Oct 18, 4:38 pm ET): YouTube's testing ends, removing the paywall behind its 4K video quality. YouTube appears to be in the process of delivering a 4K resolution option to Premium members.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. YouTube might be testing making 4K streaming a paid YouTube Premium feature. 4K is currently ...

In the USA, normal Prime subscribers can no longer watch content on Prime Video in 4K resolution. Instead, they have to pay ...

Ookla has launched Video Testing for Android. The feature checks the maximum video streaming resolution your phone network can handle, up to 4K. Whether or not you’ll want to stream at that resolution ...

It's not called "belt-tightening" if you start charging for more content. Pichai's words apparently didn't get interpreted correctly by the people running YT. Doesn't really matter to me since I've ...

YouTube appears to be running a test on some of its users that removes the 4K video resolution option as a free offering and instead makes it a feature you have to pay for. People on Reddit and ...