Good news for 4K fans, because the latest macOS Big Sur beta adds support for watching 4K YouTube videos using Safari . If you want to know how, don’t miss it:
Watch 4K videos on YouTube in Safari
If you are testing the betas, you will know that beta number 4 of Big Sur is now available. Developers can now enjoy it and it already has an interesting feature. The ability to play 4K quality videos in Safari .
This function was never available, so it is a feature that will be well received in the market, that without a doubt. Of course, users who cannot update to this version of macOS would not have it available. Unless this feature ends up coming to macOS Catalina.
Why didn’t Safari allow 4K videos to be played?
It may sound a bit strange that we do not have this possibility with all the time that we have been with 4K quality for videos. But it was due to support for Google’s VP9 codec . A codec for which Safari did not offer support and that we do find compatible with other browsers.
As it did not have this support, the maximum resolution of the videos was 1080 pixels . Which is not bad but which is not 4K. To change that, Apple finally decided to implement the codec in magOS Big Sur and add it to Safari.
How can 4K videos be viewed in Safari?
- Upgrade to macOS Big Sur (as soon as it is available as a public beta or final version)
- Enter Safari
- Enter YouTube
- Go to the video you want
- On the wheel, select Quality> 4K
If the video was not recorded in 4K, it will not come out. You can also try typing “4K videos” in the search engine.
In addition, even if your screen is not compatible , you will be able to see YouTube videos that are in 4K format in this quality.
Now that you know how to watch 4K videos on YouTube in Safari , you just have to wait a bit to enjoy it. It is worth it of course.
