YouTube Premium adds 1080p video, SharePlay, and queuing for iPhone users | ZDNET

NurPhoto/Getty ImagesYouTube Premium gives subscribers access to ad-free videos, the ability to download videos for offline viewing, and access to YouTube Music Premium. But starting Monday, the company is rolling out new features for its subscribers that range from adding the ability to control your video queue on a mobile device to an upgrade to video quality on the iPhone. Also: How to limit screen time on YouTube Kids YouTube announced five new features in a blog post Monday morning. The mobile queueing feature is exactly what it sounds like. Premium subscribers can create what’s effectively a playlist of YouTube videos, with full control over what video or videos are played, and the order of said videos.There’s also a new continue watching feature that’s coming to YouTube Premium that will allow you to start watching a video on the web, pause it, and then pick up exactly where you left off in the Android or iOS YouTube app. Personally, this is a feature I’d love to see in basic YouTube, forgoing the need for a subscription.  YouTubePremium subscribers were already able to watch YouTube videos with fellow Android users via Google Meet, but the company now plans on slowly rolling out support for Apple’s SharePlay feature
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