In a similar move, YouTube India decided to restrict video quality for its Indian users to 480p. We urge customers to avoid (these) peak hous for downloading non-essential heavy files and movies,” he pleaded in a tweet on March 27. “A surge in traffic is usually seen between 9 am and 11 am and (again) 4p m to 10 pm, due to people working from home. “We appeal for judicious use of data,” exhorted Rajan S. The Cellular Operation Association of India (COAI) had called don citizens to use data responsibly at the time of lockdown. WhatsApp isn’t the only company trying to find ways to reduce traffic at a time of heavy usage. WhatsApp reportedly rolled out the ‘status’ feature in a bid to allow users to say good morning to each other all at once. This was seen in 2018 when Google researchers noted that Android phones were all freezing up at the same time (from the early morning till 8 am) because of the surge in “Good Morning” messages sent by Indians users at this time, resulting in phone storage getting clogged up by the image-heavy messages. When these many people use the app at once, it is likely to put a strain on WhatsApp’s server infrastructure. Indians are one of the biggest users of WhatsApp, with over 400 million using the app. The change should be rolled out for more Indian users soon.
Note: some users might be still able to post videos having a longer duration.
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