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iPhone 2.0 Tips: Safari Now Plays Embedded YouTube Clips
Posted by Matt Hickey at 11:00 AM on July 16, 2008
Much like the way Safari has handled Quicktime videos on former versions of the firmware, the new 2.0 release now allows you to watch embedded YouTube content with your iPhone or iPod Touch, albeit via the YouTube app. Navigate to a page with embedded YouTube content and press play, then watch as Safari hands off the video duties to the YouTube player which then plays the video in H.264. Really, that's better than watching it embedded, and makes the handheld Web browsing world that much closer to its desktop rival.
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Mike918
Posted 11:10 AM 16/7/08
Nice, now all we need is actual flash and then that would make the iphone really awesome.
Mike918
Neone
Posted 11:07 AM 16/7/08
sweet...
Neone
Derek Devine
Posted 11:07 AM 16/7/08
nice
Derek Devine
kellygeorge
Posted 11:07 AM 16/7/08
yay. now i can watch all those videos on gizmodo
kellygeorge
itchytooth
Posted 11:03 AM 16/7/08
But how do I watch Flash advertisements?!
itchytooth
vietiscool
Posted 11:01 AM 16/7/08
i need an iphone now.
vietiscool
Leonard Nimrod
Posted 2:24 PM 16/7/08
@sofong: Yes, the point was that you can watch it as embedded file now.
Leonard Nimrod
rexfrmgr
Posted 2:24 PM 16/7/08
@sofong: actually i thought that too.. but i did not want to say anything cause i was doubting myself.
rexfrmgr
sofong
Posted 2:14 PM 16/7/08
Firmware 1.1.4 also handed off to the YouTube player
sofong
EBone
Posted 2:04 PM 16/7/08
I noticed this the other day on a Giz YouTube video link. Very cool.
EBone
rexfrmgr
Posted 1:59 PM 16/7/08
less buttons more places. only on the iphone only at AT&T
rexfrmgr
spyz88
Posted 2:34 PM 16/7/08
@Mike918: yes because flash will be a welcome addition to my iPhone 3G's battery life...
spyz88
itchytooth
Posted 3:19 PM 16/7/08
@Leonard Nimrod: It shows them embedded, but it still launches the separate Youtube app to watch them.
@Heffae: I just tried it on 2.0 and it bounced me back to the web page afterward.
itchytooth
Heffae
Posted 3:04 PM 16/7/08
I don't know when that was added but my 1.1.4 does this. Though when it's done playing the video I believe it exits to the youtube app and not back to the webpage.
Heffae
someToast
Posted 3:02 PM 16/7/08
... that are hosted on YouTube.
All the Revver, Vimeo, and Gizmodo-cached videos will still give you enough blue bricks to build a Lego Smurf army.
someToast
Gonzie
Posted 5:38 PM 16/7/08
but what about other videos that aren't youtube?
Gonzie
Rutter-UK
Posted 7:38 PM 16/7/08
Have you only just noticed this? Come on Giz! get you finger out!
Rutter-UK
rochec
Posted 11:02 PM 16/7/08
Now Hulu just needs to do this and I will marry my iPhone.
rochec
liquidsoapdispenser
Posted 11:39 PM 16/7/08
All this, but no copy & paste?
liquidsoapdispenser
etaripamai
Posted 12:07 AM 17/7/08
@itchytooth: you cant?... not funny, just depressing......ugh stipd wtfx this thing blue brick -o- doom
etaripamai
Ashman
Posted 1:17 AM 17/7/08
Do people really give a crap about watching You Tube videos on their iPhone? I'm still pissed that I can't remove that stupid icon from my home screen. Edge took so long that I got bored after the first 4 minutes of waiting for a clip to download...
Ashman
d3p0
Posted 4:02 AM 17/7/08
You can also save image email attachments to your photos by holding your finger on them
d3p0
anti-hello-kitty
Posted 5:06 AM 17/7/08
Anyone know if the upgrade to 2.0 will delete your SMS threaded messages? I have a few threads that I need to refer to and I'm hesitant to upgrade if it'll delete my threads...
anti-hello-kitty
anti-hello-kitty
Posted 5:04 AM 17/7/08
@d3p0: Really! That's intuitive...
anti-hello-kitty
someToast
Posted 4:07 PM 17/7/08
@anti-hello-kitty: Be sure to sync to get a current backup before the upgrade.
My phone's gone through every software update including 2.0, been jailbroken, restored, updated, regressed and jailbroken again at least five times, and I've got SMS threads going back over a year.
someToast
TheoGeek
Posted 8:26 PM 16/7/08
This is not new. The older firmware versions did this too. It is great. I do wish we could stream Flash and WMVs, then this mobile browser would almost be limitless.
TheoGeek