NFL Sunday Ticket’s transfer from DirecTV to YouTube TV final yr was extremely anticipated, although its large price ticket was a nasty shock. Perhaps some new streaming goodies will assist entice just a few extra patrons this yr. One among them is a brand new multiview interface, which can permit customers to decide on as much as 4 simultaneous video games to look at directly.
Multiview has been round for some time, however final yr you may solely choose from pre-selected mixtures of video games. The improved interface, accessible on sensible TVs and cellular gadgets, will let followers select two, three, or 4 video games to mix right into a single view.
It jogs my memory of that bit in Again to the Future II when Marty Jr. masses up his personal combo of channels on the fly — hey, why not make this an “OK Google” command?
Sunday Ticket, which affords entry to all Sunday NFL video games outdoors of your native market, will nonetheless be an expensive proposition for soccer followers. It’s $479 a yr on the least expensive, and that’s with out the YouTube TV base plan that will get you your native staff’s video games plus ESPN for Monday Night time Soccer and native channels for some Thursday video games. In response to the YouTube weblog submit, some pre-selected multiview streams might be accessible to YouTube TV subscribers with out shopping for Sunday Ticket. Soccer followers outdoors the US have entry to less expensive packages.
Different upgrades for the upcoming season embody integration with NFL Fantasy and Yahoo Fantasy leagues, “spoiler mode” that hides scores for sure video games till you’ll be able to watch a recorded model, a user-selectable delay that may minimize down on buffering interruptions, and a brand new shortcut to shortly soar to the final channel for one-button swapping between video games.