After years in development, YouTube TV is finally rolling out a customizable multiview feature for subscribers, letting you view up to four channels on one screen.
Previously, YouTube TV‘s multiview, first introduced in March 2023, was limited to a limited list of sports and news channels, or a lineup of feeds for special events like Coachella.
Now, customers on the main YouTube TV plan or one of the recently introduced genre plans will be able to build a multiview with any of the networks available as part of their subscription, including add-ons such as NFL Sunday Ticket. The base YouTube TV plan, priced at $82.99 per month, include more than 100 channels, including local feeds of ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC.
YouTube TV also made a few design updates: Users now create their multiview in a new staging area, and select from content sorted into categories such as “Recommended,” “Sports” and “News.”
“Today, we’re officially launching fully customizable multiview on @YouTubeTV,” he wrote on X. “Our @youtube teams made one of our most popular features even better. The new multiview builder gives you full control to mix and match live streams (including add-ons like @nfl Sunday Ticket), and build the personalized viewing experience you’ve been asking for.”
According to YouTube, instead of stitching together multiple channels on the end-user device side, YouTube TV handles all the processing of putting together a multiview on the server side. That lets the service deliver the multiview streaming experience without the need for any specialized hardware in a customer’s home.
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