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

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

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TV’s Multiview feature is reportedly rolling out to iOS devices, 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 the

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. One person even shared a

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playing 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

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for iOS.

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it 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 show sports scores alongside a broadcast, nor does it have the

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to 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 during March Madness.

Availability

It appears this isn’t a limited roll out as a

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the feature will appear in a patch that will be available on all iOS devices. You need to have

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version 8.11 installed to see the option. 

The feature is also coming to iPadOS, as another user claims to have the patch on their iPad 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.

An

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is 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

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app on their Android informing them of Multiview. But, when they checked, it wasn’t actually there. 

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asking 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. 

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

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