AppleInsider Staff
Apple said Wednesday that its eagerly awaited iPhone will allow users to enjoy YouTube’s originally-created content when it begins shipping on June 29.
To achieve higher video quality and longer battery life on mobile devices, YouTube has begun encoding their videos in the advanced H.264 format, and iPhone will be the first mobile device to use the H.264-encoded videos.
“iPhone delivers the best YouTube mobile experience by far,†said Apple chief executive Steve Jobs. “Now users can enjoy YouTube wherever they are—on their iPhone, on their Mac or on a widescreen TV in their living room with Apple TV.â€
Over 10,000 videos will be available on June 29, and YouTube will be adding more each week until their full catalog of videos is available in the H.264 format this fall.
iPhone will include the Apple-designed YouTube application when it goes on sale in the US on June 29. The Apple handset will be available in a 4GB model for $499 (US) and an 8GB model for $599 (US) through Apple’s retail and online stores, and through AT&T’s retail stores.
YouTube now on Apple TV
Apple also said Wednesday that YouTube is now live on Apple TV. Owners of the $299 streaming media hub can download the free update via the device's built-in software update feature located under the "Settings" menu.
AppleInsider has published a photo gallery of the update process.
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Excellent!
Now we need savvy developers to create a program that will grab (from your home Mac) newly downloaded videos from your torrents, split the files into 10 minute segments, upload to YouTube and make it private for personal viewing on your iPhone.
Or, send an specialized email to your home Mac that will auto grab a previously saved video and do exactly what I specified above.PS: And before anyone thinks this could be a last minute decision by Apple, if you recall that extra icon I mentioned after the new commercials came out, well, it looks like we now have the answer.
Dumb question, when I try to update my AppleTV using the remote and wirelessly connected to the Intarweb, I can't see any YouTube stuff. ...Trailers and stuff okay, no YouTube
so how does one search for content on the apple TV?
does this mean you can now plug in a keyboard and type ?
or is it just somehow browsing?
This makes me even more excited about the iPhone. Now I can carry less videos on my phone and more music ^_^
soo when's the AppleTV YouTube update coming?