When watching in multiview on YouTube TV, you get up to four predefined live streams simultaneously on one single screen without switching between channels.
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- You may see 2–4 streams shown together based on program start and end times.
- Multiview is currently available for YouTube TV on:
- Smart TVs and streaming media players including gaming consoles
- Mobile devices, including, iPhone, iPad, and Android phones and tablets
- Casting from your mobile device to your TV is also supported
- AirPlay is not supported
- You must subscribe to NFL Sunday Ticket and NFL RedZone to watch multiviews including NFL RedZone content.
Open multiview to watch multiple channels at once
Pre-selected multiviews are groups of up to four live events that are displayed together as a single stream.
To find multiviews on the YouTube TV app from your smart TV or streaming device:
- Start watching a game.
- Tap down on your controller to find multiviews.
To find multiviews on the YouTube TV app on your mobile device or tablet:
- Start watching a game.
- Tap Multiview
on the player.
Build a multiview with NFL Sunday Ticket
NFL Sunday Ticket subscribers can choose from an assortment of multiview streams every Sunday starting about 30 minutes before gametime.
NFL Sunday Ticket subscribers may choose their preferred combination of out-of-market NFL games.
To build your preferred multiview on a smart TV or streaming device:
- Select an out-of-market game, and choose Watch in multiview.
- Add an available game, and repeat to watch up to four games on one screen.
- Not all game combinations will be available.
- Build a multiview is not available on the YouTube TV mobile app. If the option to build a multiview is not available, you can still discover pre-selected NFL game combinations.
- Games airing locally may be included with pre-selected multiviews that are only available to watch with a YouTube TV Base Plan.
Change the audio track while watching multiview
You can easily switch between audio sources and captions while viewing multiple live programs:
- On a smart TV or streaming device: Use the direction pad on your remote to highlight the view you want to hear.
- On a mobile device: Tap the view you want to hear.
You’ll see a white border around the view providing the current audio.
Switch to full screen
At any point while viewing a multiview stream, you can make one channel full screen.
To switch to full screen on a smart TV:
- Use the direction pad on your remote to highlight the view you want to see in full screen.
- Press the Select button on your remote to go to full screen.
- Press the Back button on your remote to return to the multiview setup.
To switch to full screen on your mobile device:
- Tap the view you want. This will change the audio track.
- Tap the view with active audio again to see it in full screen.
- Tap the Back button in the upper left corner to return to the multiview setup.
Manage watch history for multiview
Find videos you’ve watched using multiview in your YouTube TV watch history. You can individually manage or delete each video you’ve viewed. To delete an entire multiview session, erase all videos from the multiview session.
Learn how to delete your watch history.
Watch NFL Sunday Ticket in multiview
NFL Sunday Ticket subscribers can choose from an extensive assortment of multiview streams every Sunday starting about 30 minutes before gametime.
- NFL RedZone: If you signed up for the NFL Sunday Ticket with NFL RedZone, your multiview options will include both out-of-market games and RedZone.
- Local games: With a YouTube TV Base Plan, multiview options will also include a few combinations with your local NFL games side by side with select NFL Sunday Ticket games. Combinations are algorithmically pre-determined for your local market.
You have a few different options to find NFL games in multiview on YouTube TV:
- At the top of your Home tab in the “Top picks for you” row
- Further down the Home tab in the “Watch in multiview” row
- Start watching an NFL game or RedZone. Press down on your remote to see multiview options that only include the current game you’re watching.
Can I choose what to watch in multiview?
You can't fully customize your multiview streams.
In cases where there are many multiview streams available, you can add games to build your preferred combination with ease. However, not all game combinations are available.
Our goal with multiview is to make it available to everyone with a television. Since most devices lack the necessary hardware, we process video feeds on our servers to support multiview.
This means that every unique combination watched in multiview uses limited data center and computational resources. We try to select the best combinations based on expected popularity, and are always improving our processes.