HTC wants Indian users to pay ₹48,990 ($730) for a Snapdragon 810-powered phone

HTC continues to be ignorant of the Indian market.

HTC doesn’t have a great track record in India. The Taiwanese manufacturer rolled out the MediaTek Helio X10-powered One M9+ in lieu of the standard One M9 in 2015, charging ₹52,500 ($785) for it. The QHD display backed by an inefficient processor led to the phone lagging in everyday usage, and the high price drove customers to the Galaxy S6.

Last year, the brand announced that it would bring the Snapdragon 652 variant of the HTC 10, the HTC 10 Lifestyle, and not the Snapdragon 820 model. The company thankfully changed course and introduced the HTC 10 in the country, and while the handset itself turned out to be one of the better phones of 2016, a lack of advertising killed HTC’s prospects in the market.

Continuing the tradition of ill-advised product launches, HTC is now offering the HTC 10 Evo — the international variant of the HTC Bolt that made its debut last November. The phone runs Nougat out of the box and features a 5.5-inch QHD display along with 3GB of RAM, 32GB storage, microSD slot, 16MP camera with image stabilization, 8MP front shooter, and a 3200mAh battery.

The problem lies in the processor of choice, with HTC offering the two-year-old Snapdragon 810. The octa-core SoC was notorious for thermal issues back when it launched in 2015, which led to LG sticking with the hexa-core Snapdragon 808 in the LG G4 and Samsung ditching the SoC entirely on the Galaxy S6, instead relying on its in-house Exynos 7420 chip. Lest you forget, there’s no 3.5mm jack on the HTC 10 Evo.

For its part, HTC seems to have optimized the SoC to ensure that there aren’t any overheating issues, but with the HTC 10 Evo priced at ₹48,990 ($730), there really isn’t a tangible reason why anyone would consider shelling out that much for a phone that’s running an outdated processor at launch.

A better move would have been to launch the newer HTC U Ultra in India. However, HTC has said that the phone will be limited to select markets, and going by the brand’s product history in India, we’ll get the sub-par HTC U Play instead.

Plantronics BackBeat Pro 2 review: Brilliant audio from the Bluetooth king

Plantronics may have a big name in the world of hands-free Bluetooth equipment, but it’s not widely regarded as a premium headphone company.

Our time with the BackBeat Pro 2 has taught us that it’s a definitely a company worth considering if you’re looking for a feature-rich set of headphones that won’t cost you the earth.

Platronics BackBeat Pro 2 review: Design

• Comfortable memory foam padding
• Close fitting headband
• Weighs just 289 grams
• Control rings/buttons on left earcup

As per many other headphones there are both positives and negatives when it comes to how the BackBeat Pro 2 has been designed. The exterior is made mostly from plastic, with a soft leather-like material covering the top of the head band and the memory foam earcup padding. This memory foam padding is comfortable to wear for relatively long periods and the headband itself – with its breathable fabric covering on the underside – sits comfortably on the head.

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The earcups are fixed onto the headband with a 90-degree rotating joint. This not only allows you to store the headphones neatly inside their included soft bag or canvas-covered hard case, but also enables a good degree of adjustment to fit your head better.

As for the adjustable headband, it clicks loudly into place – just to remind you that it’s not quite a high-end, premium product. Still, once adjusted, the BackBeat Pro 2 feels very comfortable and light when worn.

While some other companies opt for a completely flush surface on the outside of the cans for volume adjustment and playback control, the Plantronics have a much more intuitive system. There’s a textured ring around the left earcup, which you turn to adjust the volume and a physical clicky button in the middle for playing and pausing.

In-between the play/pause button and volume ring, there’s another ring with skip back/forwards buttons on it. Although it’s completely smooth, the skip track ring is easy to find by touch thanks to the play/pause button being slightly recessed, and the heavily textured design of the volume ring.

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There are other buttons and ports dotted around each of the cans. The left earcup features the slider switch for activating and de-activating the active noise-cancellation and the ambient noise passthrough microphones. The right cup has the Bluetooth pairing slider, which is also the power switch. It also features a red mute button for use during calls as well as a 3.5mm jack and micro USB port for charging.

Overall, while the plastic looks and feels a little cheap and the faux wood pattern on the outside of the cups is puzzling, these headphones otherwise feel sturdy. There’s no creaky, shiny plastic like you’d find on a (much more expensive) pair of Monster headphones.

Platronics BackBeat Pro 2 review: Features and performance

• Up to 100m range via Bluetooth
• Smart sensors pause music automatically
• Long battery life (up to 24 hours play)

There are a number of features built-in to these headphones. The first is a built-in sensor to detect whether you’re wearing the headphones – when they’re taken off the Plantronics auto-pause/resume playback accordingly. This feature worked using Spotify’s desktop PC application as well as on iPhone. It is very sensitive, however, as just slightly lifting the right ear cup away from an ear is enough to pause playback.

Likewise, the noise passthrough is generally good should you want to listen to your surroundings as well as music. Switching the open mic on means ambient noise can pass through and you’ll be able to hear what’s going on around you. Like with many other systems, it’s the higher-pitched external noises that are most audible. For instance, children talking is easier to hear than an adult’s voice is.

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At the opposite end of the scale the active noise-cancellation feature does a good job of shutting off the outside world, killing noise around you and making it barely audible. A noisy washing machine on its spin cycle can be completely drowned out.

Thanks to a host of Bluetooth technologies with some fancy names (EDR/HSP 1.2/HDP 1.6), Plantronics headphones have a connection that’s as consistent and reliable as any we’ve tried. Amazingly, it has a maximum range of up to 100 meters.

Regardless of the phone or device we used with them, the audio beaming never dropped, not even for those brief split-seconds you sometimes get with wireless audio. But that’s really no surprise, like Jabra (we tested its truly wireless earphones recently), it is well known for quality Bluetooth headsets, dating back years to when smartphones had clunky keyboards and tiny screens.

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Of course, you can use a 3.5mm cable if you want. You’ll need to if the battery dies halfway through listening to your favourite album, as noise-cancellation is activate, not passive.

Not that the battery is likely to run out too quickly. Plantronics promises up to 24 hours of listening time, and up to six months in its DeepSleep standby mode. We listened to between six to eight hours of music per day, took part in a couple of Skype conference calls, and didn’t come close to even using half of the battery. When it does get close to losing all of its power, there’s a built-in low battery status alert.

Platronics BackBeat Pro 2 review: Sound quality

• 40mm drivers
• Active noise-cancelling
• Open listening mode for ambient noise pass-through

Perhaps it would be a little insulting to Plantronics to say the sound quality of the BackBeat Pro 2 is surprisingly good. Audio is balanced well, with the spectrum filled with a decent amount of bass and mid frequencies.

If there’s any complaint, it might be that bass levels are a bit high for the purist listener, but for all those who want a sound that’s easy to immerse yourself in – whether it be hard-hitting rock from Rage Against the Machine or more calm sounds like The XX’s new album – it comfortably envelops you.

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This sound is delivered by 40mm drivers and sent through to the earphones using class 1 Bluetooth 4.0. Thanks to that sound quality, performance and comfort, there wasn’t a single point we wanted to take them off.

Verdict

As an overall package, the Plantronics BackBeat Pro 2 have a lot to offer. Despite their plastic build, these cans feel sturdy and are very comfortable to wear – even for extended periods.

Combined with the brilliant range of features, ease of use and overall decent audio quality, they’re a very good pair of headphones. At £229, they’re not overly expensive either.

They’re available to buy from Amazon.co.uk in both black/tan and graphite grey. 

Platronics BackBeat Pro 2: The alternatives to consider

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Bose QC35

£289

The Bose QuietComfort brand has earned a serious reputation for great audio and noise-cancelling, and at £60 more than the Plantronics set, they’re still great value for money. They were easily among the best headphones we tested in 2016 and are safe purchase for anyone to spend their hard-earned cash on a reputable brand. 

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Sony MDR-100X

£330

While the Bose are great, the Sony MDR-100X blew us away and won our award for the best headphones at the Pocket-lint Awards 2016. They sound incredible, have one of the best noise-cancellation applications we’ve seen and are great to wear for long periods. The only downside: they cost a full £100 more than Plantronics’ best earphones. 

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B&O BeoPlay H7

£329

For those looking for a more stylish pair of earphones, none look quite as good as the BeoPlay H7. The anodised metal and tan leather combine to create a look that reeks of nostalgia. They’re comfortable, although quite loose, and don’t quite have the audio performance of the other alternatives, but at least you’ll look good wearing them with your sheepskin jacket. 

The Morning After: Thursday, February 9 2017

Welcome to Thursday morning. Android Wear 2.0 lands on two new LG smartwatches, Adidas has beef with Tesla, and the next iPhone could be expensive. I mean, more expensive.

Faster and easier to use.Android Wear 2.0 was worth the long wait

Google’s wearable update is the platform’s biggest one since the birth of Android Wear, three years ago. “With 2.0, we really looked hard at what people are using their watches for,” said Android Wear VP David Singleton. “We saw that usage was really focused around watch faces, messaging and fitness. So we really optimized 2.0 for those things.” But Google improved a lot of other aspects of Wear as well, including the user interface, navigation and notifications. We took a closer look.

Stripes and gripes.Adidas thinks Tesla’s old Model 3 logo is a little too familiar

Would you confuse the Tesla Model 3’s three-bar logo with Adidas’ signature stripes? No? Did you know that was the upcoming Tesla’s logo? Maybe not. But don’t tell that to Adidas. The apparel giant has filed a challenge to prevent Tesla from registering the Model 3’s logo as a trademark. It’s similar enough to Adidas’ stripes that it’s “likely to cause confusion” and suggest the two brands are connected, according to the filing. That said, the EV maker quietly changed the logo to the numeric “3” weeks ago, well before Adidas filed its notice.

You could be an NBA playerNBA and 2K team up for the first eSports league owned by a US pro league

Next year, you could realistically expect to become an NBA draft pick. We weren’t expecting that either, but it’s a possibility because the NBA and Take Two have teamed up to create the NBA 2K eLeague. It will launch with 8 – 12 teams that are all owned by existing NBA franchises, and recruit online players to go 5-on-5 in the NBA 2K video game. NBA commish Adam Silver says there will be broadcasts via internet and TV, as it seeks to attract people who otherwise might not think they could ever play in the league.

iPhone XSpecial edition ‘anniversary’ iPhone could be pricey

Since this year will be the tenth anniversary for Apple’s iPhone, people are expecting something special. The latest rumor from Fast Company indicates that while an incrementally upgraded iPhone 7s is on the way in 4.7- and 5.5-inch sizes, there will also be an iPhone 8 with all new features like an OLED screen, no physical home button and maybe even 3D-sensing technology. All of those parts come at a cost, however, and its price (unlocked) could start above $1,000.

The latest ultrathin “metalenses” can now handle multiple colors.Lenses made from nanomaterials get closer to replacing glass

Researchers recently showed off breakthrough nanomaterial “metalenses” that could replace bulky glass optics. Unfortunately, these only worked on a single color at a time, meaning your hypothetical smartphone camera of the future would only be able to do arty, monochromatic photos. However, the same team at Harvard’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), has now unveiled a new material that works on a spectrum of colors from blue to green — making it a more realistic proposition for substituting in for lenses and other optical tech. The material is lighter and thinner than glass, meaning that metalenses could change cameras, smartphones and even our own specs in the future.

Sporty swipesReview: LG Watch Sport with Android Wear 2.0

LG’s Watch Sport is the more impressive of the two smartwatches launching with Android Wear 2.0, and for the most part it’s a very respectable showing. Beyond the seriously snappy performance, the big Android Wear update brings a load of design tweaks and new features that the platform has needed for a long time. It’s not perfect, but the software helps soften some of the watch’s shortcomings: the body will be still too chunky for some, and we wish the battery lasted much longer

(Not so) Posh swipes Review: LG Watch Style with Android Wear 2.0

The LG Watch Style is sadly underwhelming in comparison to the pricier Sport. Despite its name, the Style has a bland design and only meets Android Wear 2.0’s minimum hardware requirements. On the bright side, Google’s new operating system is faster and more intuitive than before. Too bad the Style isn’t a great vehicle for showcasing said new software.

It’s putting all the pieces togetherCorsair teases its first whole computer

You probably know Corsair as a computer parts and peripherals manufacturer. It makes all those DRAM modules, flash drives, PC cases, SSDs, keyboards, mice and the rest. Now it’s trying to put it all together. An ad published in Maximum PC’s March issue, revealed that the company has become a full-fledged PC maker. Its first ever whole computer is fittingly called Corsair One.

Pink because love.Pink creatures will invade ‘Pokémon Go’ this Valentine season

Pokémon Go’s latest seasonal promotion is all about Clefairies, Jigglypuffs and other pink-hued monsters. Like prior promotions, you’ll also bag double the amount of candy when you catch, hatch or transfer a Pokémon to the Professor. Oh, and you may want to hold onto those lures until the event begins — each one will keep attracting Pokémon for six hours instead of the usual 30 minutes.

It might use the likes of Twitter and Facebook to vet visitorsDHS could demand social media passwords of US visitors

The Department of Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly, told Congress on Tuesday that his agency is considering a new vetting measure for US visitors from Trump’s banned nation list: forcing them to hand over passwords for their social media accounts.”We want to get on their social media, with passwords: What do you do, what do you say?” Kelly told the House Homeland Security Committee. “If they don’t want to cooperate then you don’t come in.”

But wait, there’s more…

• Trump’s Nordstrom tweet isn’t illegal, but it’s still a problem
• Wikipedia decides Daily Mail is ‘too unreliable’ to be a preferred source
• Netflix is making a ‘Castlevania’ animated series
• Job listing reveals Netflix will soon sell merch tied to its original shows
• Six Flags and Samsung made a mixed-reality rollercoaster

Science shows that anyone could become an online troll

It’s easy to dismiss internet trolls as freaks. Surely they weren’t raised well, right? Don’t be so quick to judge. Cornell and Stanford researchers have published a study suggesting that anyone can engage in trolling if the circumstances are right. In an experiment, the schools skewed the moods of participants by making them complete either very easy or very difficult tests. They were then unleashed on the comment sections of online articles, some of which had trolling posts… and, well, you might have a hunch as to what came next.

Of the most docile subjects, those who took the easy test and saw no trolling posts, 35 percent posted trolling comments — more than you’d like, but not the majority. That percentage jumped to about 50 percent if they either took the difficult test or saw trolling posts, and it reached a worrying 68 percent for those unfortunate people who took the tough test and saw trolls. In other words, all it takes is a bad day and a personal attack to make someone rage online.

To back up this data, the research team pored over years of CNN comments to see if crankiness based on the time of day or week would influence the quality of someone’s posts. Sure enough, people posting at the most common moments for foul moods (early in the week or late at night) were most likely to have their posts flagged for review or downvoted. And the easiest predictor of writing a flagged post was whether or not the previous post was flagged, not the user. Someone who’s relatively friendly might fly off the handle if they’re exhausted or otherwise upset, and there’s a vicious “spiral of negativity” where their bad attitude leads others to start trolling.

This doesn’t mean that some people aren’t more prone to trolling than others. Any comment section regular has seen that irredeemable user who has the maturity of a 5-year-old. However, the researchers believe internet communities could use this knowledge to keep trolling in check. You could see cooldown periods for users with flagged posts, automatic moderator notifications for likely troll posts and increased use of shadow banning (where a user’s posts are hidden without telling them). Internet vitriol is unlikely to ever completely disappear, but you could see fewer situations where normally nice people become raging balls of hate.

Source: Stanford

Brits can soon plead guilty and pay fines for petty crimes online

As part of new plans, UK criminals accused of minor offenses will soon be able to plead guilty and receive their sentence online. In a government report published today, the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice acknowledged that letting defendants accept their conviction online and letting them pay a pre-determined penalty (including fines and legal costs) upfront would free up magistrates and courts so that they can focus on more complex cases.

“Under this proposal, defendants who opt in to the online procedure and plead guilty will be offered the option to accept a pre-determined penalty (including the payment of any appropriate compensation and costs), be convicted and pay the amount immediately,” said the report.

The system would cover non-imprisonable offences like railway fare evasion, tram fare evasion and possession of unlicensed rod and line (fishing without a licence). The damages, commonly referred to as statutory fixed fine, would instead be called a statutory standard penalty in order to cover other elements such as a victim surcharge — which provides compensation for the victims of crime — prosecution and compensation costs.

While respondents supported the proposal and acknowledged that online sentencing would work for “straightforward cases,” some worried that it could remove that person’s right to defend themselves in open court, which might contravene their human rights (the right to a fair trial). Ministers believe that by focusing on low-level crimes that have “no identifiable victim,” where cases are wholly uncontested, the courts can process without delay.

If a defendant is able to offer mitigating circumstances or pleads not guilty, the case would be heard in court by default. Also, it’s an opt in process, meaning a court hearing will always be available. The report also clearly states that criminals will “not [be] sentenced by a computer or algorithm.” It’s simply a way for minor offences that carry standard penalties to be settled online.

If successful, the government intends to settle other minor offences in the same fashion, including certain road offences. “We will need to look at these individually and in detail and consider sentencing practice before identifying exactly which ones are likely to be appropriate. We will produce an updated Impact Assessment once we establish which offences we will trial the new process with.”

Via: Huffington Post UK

Source: Ministry of Justice (PDF)

UberEats is now available in Manchester

Uber is taking on Deliveroo, slowly. The company’s food delivery service, UberEats, is now available in Manchester, following a gradual expansion in London that now includes a breakfast service. The northwest city is an obvious target for the company, given its large population size and the number of big-name restaurants and cafes nearby. The service will be live seven days a week, from 11am to 11pm (so no brekkie option just yet) in “city centre hotspots” such as the Northern Quarter and Spinningfields. Deliveroo is already active in the city, so Uber will need to fight hard to win over customers. Good thing hyper-aggressive expansions are its forte.

Hello Manchester! The new UberEATS app has arrived. Explore local menus: https://t.co/8fU2eW7u51 #UberEATS pic.twitter.com/rCSdvgZmqv

— Uber UK (@UberUK) February 9, 2017

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Apple Posts Job Listings For Retail Store in the Austrian Capital of Vienna

Apple has begun advertising for staff positions at a planned retail store in the Austrian capital of Vienna. As noted by German tech site Flo’s Weblog, multiple front-of-store job listings recently appeared on Apple’s site, suggesting that the company’s presence in the upmarket shopping street of Kärntner Straße isn’t too far away.

Reports that Apple was planning to open a brick-and-mortar store in Austria first emerged in August, when local newspaper derStandard reported that the company was close to securing the necessary contracts on a flagship retail property formerly occupied by fashion company Esprit.

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Construction at the three-floor premises began in November, according to reports. The distinctive corner location makes the property an unmistakeable feature of the old town, and a typical premier site for a brand like Apple.

Kärntner Straße is in close proximity to Stephansplatz, the square at the geographical center of Vienna and home to the Stephansdom cathedral, one of the tallest churches in the world.

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Apple Exploring Data Sharing Gestures For Future Wearable Devices

Apple is exploring ways to make information sharing between wearables and mobile devices as simple as a wave of the hand, if a new patent application is anything to go by (via AppleInsider).

Published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, an Apple filing for “Gesture-based information exchange between devices in proximity” describes a secure data transfer system between two portable devices that works by detecting customizable gestures, or “greeting events”, such as handshakes, high-fives, hugs, fist bumps, bows, waves, and salutes.

The gestures trigger a customizable data set that takes into account device context, with a particular focus on privacy and security. For example, in all cases, users must select the pre-defined gestures to allow the transfer of specific information only between the two devices, reducing the possibility of unintentionally sharing data with other devices in close proximity.

Information shared can be stored either locally or in the cloud, and can include most data fit for transfer across a wireless connection, such as contact details, photos, media files, calendar events, and so on. Greeting events can also generate data for sharing across social media, such as a Twitter post that announces a meeting between two users.

The sophisticated customization features of the system are of particular note, since they allow users to decide beforehand what kind of information is shared, and with whom, based on pre-defined contextual parameters, such as encountering someone for the first time, versus meeting a family member or an old friend. Device identifiers, location data, and user histories are all corralled in order to enhance the reliability and security of the system.

On another security note, the patent describes the use of cryptographic keys to identify individual sharing sessions, which can be either automated or user-initiated via an on-screen interface, with the possibility of using artificial intelligence-managed sharing under the hood.

As always with patents, the invention may or may not be used in-house or in a product, but the document offers another example of Apple’s commitment to simplifying close-proximity data sharing while also paying particular attention to the security and privacy implications of such systems.

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A Decade of Smartphones: The State of the Mobile World Today

Ten years have passed since the gadget that changed the way we look at portable communication. I’m talking about the first iPhone, of course, a handset that didn’t bring many revolutionary changes to the phone hardware itself but brought forth fundamental changes in the way we think of smartphones. The decade that has passed ever since has seen the smartphone evolving at an incredible pace. Its screen has grown, and so did its processing power, its capabilities, and its storage space. The effects of the smartphone were widespread: its insane success has sped up the development of mobile broadband, batteries, compact cameras, and many others. Besides, the smartphone has spawned completely new industries, bringing forward the “app”, a brand new business model combining the traits of products and services.

Today, a decade after its advent, the smartphone has reached the apogee of its evolution – at least in its current form. This leaves us with a pressing question: should we still believe the hype of futuretech?

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A smartphone in itself can’t do much more than a dumb one. It needs applications – apps – to expand its capabilities. These apps come in many shapes and sizes: some of them need to be downloaded and installed on a smartphone, much like in the case of a desktop computer. Others, like the Euro Palace Mobile, “live” inside web browser windows on any device capable of connecting to the internet. Both of them have their advantages – the games at the Euro Palace are far less hardware-hungry than their downloadable counterparts, yet they lack their access to the phones’ hardware and their scalability. This doesn’t make playing at the Euro Palace any less fun, only more accessible and fast.

The rise of the smartphone has led to the emergence of many new industries, centered around its portability. Apps and games are aware of the users’ whereabouts, and offer them the right information at the right time. Games incorporate the players’ surroundings, mixing reality with virtuality. These apps and games have created tens of thousands of jobs, billions in revenues, and brand new ways for us to use the smartphone.

The state of the mobile world today

When it comes to hardware, smartphones can’t really get much better than what we have today. Eight processing cores, gigabytes of RAM, hundreds of gigabytes of storage, extremely fast mobile broadband connections, amazing cameras, batteries with an ever-increasing capacity, and graphics that match today’s top gaming consoles – these have all been created today. If smartphones follow the same direction, they will have nothing spectacular to offer this year. Now the time has come for new, meaningful uses for them to be invented – and this change will be brought forward by software developers who dare to dream big.

KeepVid Pro video downloader: Download any video from the web – including YouTube

Ever watch a YouTube video or some other type of online clip and wish you could save it?

Well, now you can, thanks to KeepVid Pro, a tool that allows you to grab videos from more than 10,000 video-sharing sites, including YouTube. It not only downloads videos in their original format, whether that be MP4, 3GP, FLV, or WebM, but also lets you convert them to a different format, such as AVI, MKV, WMV, etc. You can even use KeepVidPro to capture 4K videos from online sites or your screen.

Here’s everything you need to know about KeepVid Pro.

What is KeepVid Pro?

KeepVid Pro is described as the “ultimate video downloader” tool. It allows you to download videos from video-sharing sites, capture streaming videos from online sites, capture an entire browser or window or a specific part of your screen, record live video while simultaneously capturing, convert videos to different formats, and transfer videos to your Android or iOS device.

The primary feature is the ability to grab any video online. Just click “Download” on the top right corner of your browser (thanks to the plugin you download) to download the video. Alternatively, you can copy the URL of the video that you wish to download and click the paste button in your browser to begin downloading. You can also click “Record Video” in the downloader to capture videos you’re watching.

Which sites does KeepVid Pro support?

You can download videos from YouTube, Dailymotion, Hulu, Break, Metacafe, BlipTV, Vimeo, AOL, Lynda, MegaVideo, Veoh, VideoBash, LiveLeak, MyVideo, FunnyOrDie, Nico Video, TV.com, Veevr, Adobe TV, and more than 10,000 other sites.

• See the full list of supported sites here (PDF)

Which formats does KeepVid Pro support?

KeepVid Pro can download videos in and convert videos to more than 150 formats, including MP4, 3GP, FLV, WebM, AVI, MKV, WMV, etc.

• See the full list of supported formats here

Is KeepVid Pro for Mac and PC?

Yes. It is available Windows PC machines running Windows 10/8/7/Vista/XP, as well as Intel-based Mac (32-bit or 64-bit) running 10.6 Snow Leopard, 10.7 Lion, 10.8 Mountain Lion, 10.9 Mavericks, 10.10 Yosemite and 10.11 EI Captain.

Which browsers does KeepVid Pro support?

You need to be using one of the following browsers in order to download videos and capture using KeepVid Pro: Safari 6.0 and above, Firefox 15.0 and above, and Chrome 22.0 and above.

What else does KeepVid Pro feature?

With KeepVid Pro, you can directly download videos into MP3s, download entire video playlists, download in 4K and Full HD, schedule tasks and multi-task your downloads, and even download subtitles for YouTube videos. It is available as a browser plugin and integrates with your browser to let you search for and download content.

KeepVid Pro can also download youtube playlists or video playlists in batch and build multiple tasks, download youtube video subtitles, and lets you embed Integrated Browser to Search and Download Online.

How much does KeepVid Pro cost?

You can try KeepVid Pro for free via the trial offering, but you can also purchase a one-year, lifetime, or family license for $19, $29, and $72.50 (on sale), respectively, to unlock all features.

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Want to know more?

Grab this free YouTube-to-MP3 downloader tool: http://keepvid.com. Also, KeepVid Pro has a handy support hub with detailed guides on how to use the software.