If you are a regular YouTube user, you are probably aware of the fact that a number of changes have been introduced in YouTube. New features such as background playback, saving videos for viewing offline have been added. Users are not permitted to download music or videos to Android devices from YouTube as it is recognized to be technical piracy. Some videos, are however allowed to be saved for offline playback temporarily.

Saving videos for later playback

The Google allowed and legal system is to save videos to play at a later off stage. There are specific videos which support the feature. You will notice a download arrow below the video as you browse from Android devices. This feature is however limited to YouTube subscribers. Tapping the arrow, choose a quality or resolution you will like saving. In the menu bar on the left side, you just require choosing “Watch later” for finding a list of saved videos. You can play them even when there is no internet connection. You need to keep in mind that the saving of videos is not for ever.

In case you are looking forward to downloading the content permanently, plenty of apps are available to rip content to Android device directly from YouTube.

InsTube

InsTube happens to be a popular YouTube and music downloader which enables download of YouTube videos to your android device at free of cost.

Video Locker

Video Locker is one of the most prominent features of this tool which designs a secure location for storing and protecting music and videos on the device.

Faster speed

The optimized download speed of InsTube enables enjoying the videos in the supreme speed.

HD videos

You will be amazed to get the highest resolution of 1280 pixels upon downloading with this tool.

Free music

In addition to downloading videos, you will be able to download music for free from InsTube. It lets you convert music videos of YouTube into MP3 files. If you are looking forward to downloading music from SoundCloud, this can be a great option.

TubeMate

Google does not favor downloading of content from YouTube. Hence, you are not going to find this app on the Play Store. You will be surprised to know that it is one of the most reliable YouTube and music downloaders which is available for Android. You can download the same from its official website.

Steps for downloading

• You need to download the APK file, after which you require installation from other resources. For doing so, go to Settings –> Security –> Unknown resources, Check the option for enabling the installation of APK file.
• Install the application from APK file and launch the app post to that.
• Agree to the terms for getting started.
• Look for the YouTube video you are willing to download and click on green arrow button for getting download options.
• From the download options, tick the Audio(M41, AAC) or Audio (MP3) for downloading the YouTube content to your Android device.

OnlineVideoConverter

OnlineVideoConverter happens to be a great option for free download YouTube videos. It is a powerful and risk-free procedure where you will acquire control of the conversion to music from video. You will be capable of tweaking the Audio quality manually for conversion. You can choose from a plethora of audio formats such as .wav, .ogg, .flac for converting the video. You will be able to set time duration to convert the music files from YouTube.

Start by typing in YouTube URL and clicking on starting. After the conversion procedure is over, you require scanning the QR code or click on Download in order to download the music file.