YouTube TV’s sports-friendly Multiview mode is rolling out to iPad and iPhone

Watch up to four games at once on mobile

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YouTubeTV’s Multiview feature is reportedly rolling out toiOSdevices, giving iPhone owners a new, more immersive way to watch sports.

News of this update comes from multiple users on the YouTubeTV subreddit claiming that they had just received theoption on their smartphones. One person even shared ashort video of their iPhoneplaying four different basketball games at once – well, one’s a commercial, but you can tell it’s basketball due to the ESPN banner.

We don’t know the full capabilities of Multiview on YouTube for iOS.According to 9To5Googleit can be activated from the app’s Home tab, however it “only works with select games,” and it doesn’t have all of the same features as the smart TV version.

Multiview on iOS apparently can’t showsports scores alongsidea broadcast, nor does it have theLast Channel Shortcutto hop between recently viewed channels. There is a gap in performance, but regardless of what it can’t do, Multiview on mobile is still very useful to have, especially now duringMarch Madness.

Availability

It appears this isn’t a limited roll out as acompany representative told Reddit usersthe feature will appear in a patch that will be available on all iOS devices. You need to have YouTube version 8.11 installed to see the option.

The feature is also coming to iPadOS, as another user claims to have the patch on theiriPad Pro 12.9. Admittedly, it’s difficult to watch four sports games on their iPhone since the small screen shrinks each window considerably, but iPad owners should have a better viewing experience.

AnAndroid versionis apparently in the works, however it won’t be out for a while. The same representative said that the update will arrive within “the coming months” although it may arrive sooner than expected. One user claims to have received a notification after opening the YouTube app on their Android informing them of Multiview. But, when they checked, it wasn’t actually there.

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We reached out toGoogleasking them to confirm whether or not the iOS release will reach everyone or just a select few. We’ll update this story if we learn anything new.

Update:A company representative got back to us and confirmed that all iOS users will receive the patch, so long as you have the latest YouTube update. That’s the most important part. As for Android, they couldn’t give us an exact date, but did say it will roll out later this summer.

Until then, check out TechRadar’s list of thebest iPhone for 2024if you’re looking to upgrade.

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Cesar Cadenas has been writing about the tech industry for several years now specializing in consumer electronics, entertainment devices, Windows, and the gaming industry. But he’s also passionate about smartphones, GPUs, and cybersecurity.

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