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Streaming Services Will Default to SD Resolution on Mobile Networks in India During Nationwide Lockdown

Streaming Services Will Default to SD Resolution on Mobile Networks in India During Nationwide Lockdown 2e6kl

Hotstar and Amazon default to SD, while Netflix and SonyLIV are locked to SD. 2r5g2u

By Akhil Arora | Updated: 25 March 2020 17:11 IST

Streaming Services Will Default to SD Resolution on Mobile Networks in India During Nationwide Lockdown

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Highlights

Industry body asked everyone to move from HD to SD
It also asked streaming services to remove ads
All players have complied with resolution, not ads request

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Following a request from an industry body — and in the footsteps of YouTube — India's biggest video streaming platforms in Hotstar, Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and others are now either defaulting or locking to standard-definition (SD) video resolution on mobile networks in India, to reduce traffic and ease stress, amid the increased need for Internet services, with more people at home due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Gadgets 360 has verified that to be the case. While you can switch to higher resolutions on some services, others won't let you push it up unless you're on a Wi-Fi network.

This development comes a few days after the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) asked said companies to move from HD to SD, COAI had also asked for ments to be removed from all platforms, but ads are still visible across the board.

Amazon default to SD, but you can change that from the settings.

This will be in place till April 14, the last day of the 21-day nationwide lockdown announced Tuesday night by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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