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 pre-set 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, provides access to 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.” On the YouTube TV interface, users can click on the multiview tab on the bottom of the screen, then pick and choose up to four different programs available as part of their subscription.
“Today, we’re officially launching fully customizable multiview on @YouTubeTV,” YouTube CEO Neal Mohan wrote in a post Tuesday 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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