YouTube app coming to PS3 today

Starting today, PS3 owners are getting an official YouTube app.

August 14, 2012 9:45 AM

Although the PS3 internet browser received a significant upgrade few months prior, it still didn't provide an ideal YouTube-watching experience. Whereas Xbox Live members could simply access a dedicated app, PS3 owners had to jump through cumbersome menus to (poorly) have a YouTube-on-TV experience. Well, starting today, watching cat videos on your big screen is going to get a bit easier. An official YouTube app is rolling out today on the PS3, available once the PlayStation Store updates. This is a "completely new experience, designed for the big screen and PS3 controls." As such, you'll see it looks nothing like YouTube on Xbox or Vita. You'll be able to sign-in to your YouTube account to access your subscribed content. The PlayStation.Blog points out that you can even watch official music videos through the app, meaning PS3 owners won't need a separate VEVO app. And while the PS3 version may lack Kinect support, it adds one nifty tech trick: using your phone as a remote. "With a quick pairing process, you can control YouTube on PS3 with a smartphone. Find a video on your phone and with a button it'll play on the big screen. While the video is playing you can control it from the phone, or keep browsing YouTube for the next one."

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Andrew Yoon

Andrew Yoon was previously a games journalist creating content at Shacknews.

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August 14, 2012 9:45 AM

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Starting today, PS3 owners are getting an official YouTube app.
- pyros
  
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  August 14, 2012 10:16 AM
  
  oh. WOW.
- gibolas1234
  
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  August 14, 2012 10:54 AM
  
  About time. Now give me an Internet radio app like on pap
- pyide
  
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  August 14, 2012 10:57 AM
  
  Will the PS3 ever get HBO Go?
- deathofrats
  
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  August 14, 2012 11:14 AM
  
  oh man! this is what i've been waiting for since the beginning of PS3. Finally! Take that Netflix!
- DeBurgo
  
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  August 14, 2012 11:27 AM
  
  so many youtube apps are useless due to content restrictions. fucking sucks.
  
  oh you wanna play this cool music video and show it to people in your living room? NOPE.
  - DeBurgo
    
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    August 14, 2012 11:27 AM
    
    like why even put the fucking thing on youtube then. jesus.
- nofxsux
  
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  August 14, 2012 11:35 AM
  
  This sounds a pretty cool feature. But damn when will they fix the damn loading lag on the UI when you press the damn PS button!? ugh fuck new features JUST FIX THAT!
- baron calamity
  
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  August 14, 2012 11:49 AM
  
  So ps3 owners can learn the joy of buffering for 30 seconds to watch 5 seconds of video.