How to Download YouTube Videos on Your Android Phone

You’re watching an awesome Web series or boogying down to a music video on YouTube when you realize that you’re about to go somewhere with little or no connectivity. Fortunately, with a few simple steps you can save any video on YouTube to your Android phone for offline viewing. You can even convert music videos to MP3 files you can put on your playlist. Here’s how to download YouTube videos on your Android phone.

Note: Downloading videos may violate YouTube’s terms of service. 

1. Navigate to the settings menu on your Android phone. 

2. Select Security.

3. Toggle “Unknown sources” to on if it is not already checked. This setting will make sure you can install apps that don’t come from Google Play.

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4. Download YouTube Downloader from Dentex’s blog on your Android phone.

5. Tap the download notification for YouTube Downloader in your notification drawer.

6. Tap Install. The program will take a few seconds to install.

You can browse videos and download them either through the YouTube app or by using the YouTube Downloader’s search feature. We prefer using YouTube’s own app. 

1. Find the video you want in the YouTube app.

2. Tap the share button which appears when you tap on the video player.

3. Select YouTube Downloader from the share menu.

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4. Select the video / audio format you wish to download. We recommend MP4 files in 1080 or 720p for videos and MP3 files if you only want the audio.

5. Tap Download here to confirm.

6. Tap Download to grab a plug-in file if necessary. This will only happen the first time you download a file in a given format.

1. Open YouTube Downloader.

2. Enter a term in the search box and tap the search button. A list of videos appears.

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3. Tap the video you want to save. A list of options appears.

4. Select the video / audio format you wish to download. We recommend MP4 files in 1080 or 720p for videos and MP3 files if you only want the audio.

Whichever way you find your video, YouTube Downloader will then take anywhere from a few seconds to a few minutes to download and store it on your phone. You can play the file directly from YouTube Downloader or find it in the Download folder on your phone.

The official Geeks Geek, as his weekly column is titled, Avram Piltch has guided the editorial and production of Laptopmag.com since 2007. With his technical knowledge and passion for testing, Avram programmed several of LAPTOP's real-world benchmarks, including the LAPTOP Battery Test. He holds a master’s degree in English from NYU.

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HP Launches $99 Android Tablet

Easily among the cheapest Android tablets on the market, HP has launches the HP 7 Plus. This 7-inch slate costs just $99, and for your money you get a 1-GHz quad-core Cortex A7 CPU and 1GB of RAM. But you should expect some trade-offs at this price.

For starters, the display sports a resolution of just 1024 x 600 pixels. The Kindle Fire HD features a sharper 1280 x 800 screen, but it costs $139. For storage space, you’ll get 8GB of RAM and a built-in microSD card that can boost memory by 32GB. The slate measures 7.6 x 4.8 x 0.32 inches and weighs a light 10.4 ounces.

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Rounding out the specs are 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi, a 2-MP rear camera and a 0.3-MP front shooter. The 2800 mAh battery should last about 5.5 hours on a charge. That’s below the average slate we’ve tested, but respectable given the price tag.

By comparison, the Android-powered ASUS MeMO Pad HD 7, which goes for $129, features a quad-core CPU, 1280 x 800 display, 16GB of memory and 9 hours and 40 minutes of battery life.

The 7 Plus will run Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean out of the box, and will come preloaded with a variety of Google apps such as Gmail, Chrome browser, Google Maps, YouTube and the Google Play app store. You’ll also get a few HP apps, including HP ePrint, HP Connected Photo powered by Snapfish and HP File Manager.

We’ll reserve judgement on this budget system until we get our hands on a review unit, but it could prove to be a decent slate for the tablet newbie or kiddie set. 

A lover of lists and deadlines, Anna Attkisson heads up features and special projects for Laptopmag.com, in addition to covering social networking and accessories. She joined the LAPTOP staff in 2007, after working at Time Inc. Content Solutions where she created custom publications for companies from American Express to National Parks Foundation.

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