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In recent months, the first videos with HDR images have started to appear on YouTube, based on the support that Google has launched for this technology. So it was only a matter of time before the possibility of viewing HDR videos also made it to the official application, which will allow all users with a compatible device to view videos recorded in this way. The YouTube app for iOS is now starting to support it, and if you have an iPhone X, you can try it out.

The acronym HDR stands for 'High-Dynamic Range' and videos with the support of this technology will offer more vivid color rendering, better color rendering and generally better image quality. The problem is that a compatible display panel is required to view HDR videos. Of the iPhones, only the iPhone X has it, and of the tablets, then the new iPad Pro. However, they have not yet received an update to the YouTube application, and HDR content is thus only available to owners of Apple's flagship phone.

So if you have a 'ten', you can find an HDR video on YouTube and see if there is a clearly visible difference in the image or not. If the video has an HDR image, it is indicated after clicking the option to set the video quality. In the case of Full HD video, 1080 HDR should be indicated here, possibly with an increased frame rate.

There are a large number of videos with HDR support on YouTube. There are even dedicated channels that only host HDR videos (eg this). HDR movies are also available through iTunes, but you need the latest version to play them Apple TV 4k, so a compatible TV with an 'HDR Ready' panel.

Source: Macrumors

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