Google rolls out faster mobile YouTube to the world

The San Francisco Chronicle reports that Google rolled out the latest version of its mobile YouTube site outside the U.S on Tuesday, a browser-based application that is as fast as a client application for mobile devices, according to a product manager.

The upgraded site became available in the U.S. last month but is now available worldwide. Google wanted to improve how YouTube functions through a mobile browser since the site is being accessed about 100 million times a day that way. Traffic to YouTube through mobile devices was up 160 percent in 2009 over 2008.

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emily | 8:22 AM | News, Buzz, Video Phones |
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