Whether it is YouTube, Netflix, Facebook or your local or regional provider, streaming a video has never been easier and accessible. YouTube alone, more than 500 million hours of video are being watched every single day and out of 3 billion people on the internet, 81% of them watch videos.
Video streaming has been deeply integrated into our society. Can you even imagine not being able to watch content? It has become as essential as drinking eight glasses of water a day. There are a few ways that content is negatively affected and that’s by the environment, location, and internet speed. To save you from this millennial problem here are a few ways to have the best streaming experience possible.
Declutter
Our electronics, particularly smartphones, tablets, and laptops, have their physical weight, but they also have data load. Every gadget has its own memory limit, some can range to 32GB, others at 64GB. Every time we use our electronics, whether it’s playing games, surfing the net or using apps. It accumulates a small amount of data and files that are necessary to retrieve them whenever you need them and over time they get so heavy that it weighs down the performance of your gadget.
The cache is the most common data storage components that gets easily bulky over time. If you want a nice streaming experience you need to delete the files stored in it, essentially decluttering your memory storage. This way, it will not affect nor restrain any process in your phone like video streaming.
Use Ethernet
WiFi has a lot of advantage, it made us essentially more mobile. We can connect to the internet even if we are away from the source without the limitation of cable, but it also has some challenges that can easily deter the stability of the connection. WiFi connection is quite susceptible to blind spots. Just a wall away and your signal bar will go down from a full green to a red one.
Ethernet cable, on the other hand, is capable of a reliable and steady influx of connection. It does limit you to the space or area based on the length of the cord.
Stay Updated
Always keep your gadgets, software, and applications updated. Some bugs may be lurking around and that affects your streaming experience. Regular updates provided by developers will help correct and rectify the problem. Whether it’s an Amazon Firestick, Kodi, Roku, or Apple TV, you need to ensure you are up-to-date with the system.
Having the recent and best version of an application, or system will ensure a better viewing quality. Also, you want to have anti-virus on your device to keep it running fast.
Schedule Your Binge Watch at Uncommon Times
Have you tried commuting on the busiest rush hour in your city? It’s a tragic jumble of traffic jams right? The same goes for internet connection. When you watch or stream a video at the time when many people or gadgets are activity connected, then you are in for some competition with data. This is when you experience extreme blur and buffers.
Streaming a video is best when you have no one to share the internet source. Check your router and see if there is anyone or anything connected on it. Temporarily disable it, at least for the next hour or so if there are a ton of users.
Check Your Background
See if there is anything running in the background of your electronics. Silent software updates, application updates and forgotten running apps are the usual culprit for making a phone slow and affect the quality of a video being streamed.
Messaging applications like Messenger and Skype always try to run in the background. Software updates often happen when you are connected to a strong connection. Check the setting and see if you can have them quite down for a little while.
