YouTube HD is a free YouTube client for Windows Phone which offers a very complete experience of the video portal, including options for uploading and downloading videos.
A world of videos at your fingertips
YouTube HD is an official YouTube app, yet it still offers access to most of your favorite features of the web site - and more!
You can search for and browse YouTube videos, channels and playlists with access to the full catalog. The app helps you discover new videos you might like by displaying Hot and Trending videos.
You can sign into your YouTube account with YouTube HD to give you access to even more useful content, such as your Play History, Playlists, and the latest videos from the channels you subscribe to.
What's great about YouTube HD compared with many other YouTube apps for Windows Phone is that it supports both downloading and uploading of YouTube videos. You can download any video on YouTube through the app just by clicking on an icon and it is then saved to your list of downloaded videos for offline viewing. YouTube HD supports background downloading too, so you can continue to explore videos while others are downloading.
YouTube HD allows you to record and upload videos through the app, too. Unfortunately, you can only upload videos that you've recorded through the application though, and not those that you already have stored on your Windows Phone device.
A true Windows Phone experience
One of the criticisms of Microsoft's currently-unavailable YouTube app was that it didn't really integrate with the Windows Phone experience and the interface was more like the YouTube mobile web app than a standalone Windows Phone app (the same can be said of Esunoka's YouTube app, too. However, YouTube HD is built around an interface that mirrors that of the Windows Phone OS.
You can navigate to various parts of YouTube from the home screen of the app, which is laid out as a series of tiles. Sure, some of the tiles take you to more or less the same section as others (i.e. they are just a swipe away from that section), but it's a comfortable enough user experience and it's nice that the developer has tried to replicate the feel of Windows Phone.
YouTube HD even gives you the option to customize the style of the tiles on its main menu. It doesn't go as far as allowing you to reorder the tiles, however.
Pin your favorite content
YouTube HD supports - in part at least - pinning of YouTube HD to your phone's home screen. You can pin subscriptions, favorites, watch later lists and playlists, giving you quick access to this content. However, once you've loaded this content via the home screen, there's no way to navigate to the main menu of YouTube HD without exiting out and restarting the app.
The verdict
YouTube HD is a fully featured YouTube experience that sits well with the Windows Phone look and feel. The inclusion of a downloading option will make it a good alternative to the official YouTube mobile web app for many people.
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