Some good quality-of-life features are available with YouTube TV. I already appreciated the DVR in this YouTube TV review, but let me say it again: I loved YouTube TV’s take on the cloud-based DVR. By treating my recordings more like bookmarks or a watchlist—I wasn’t recording a thing at all—YouTube TV gave me the best of cloud-style DVR without any of the drawbacks, like temporary limits on retained content.
If you add more Google accounts to your “family group,” you can use your YouTube TV subscription with up to six accounts (screenshot from the YouTube TV web app).
For use within a household, YouTube TV also offers options for subscription sharing. since YouTube TV is set up with a Google account and most of us aren’t too keen on sharing our Gmail passwords with family members or roommates, I think this is a pretty important feature for the service. Fortunately, expanding your virtual household with more members is not too difficult. The YouTube TV service that you pay for through your account can be used by connected accounts using their login information; sharing passwords is not necessary.
