I Can’t Decide if This YouTube TV Feature is Amazing or Useless

YouTube TV's multiview feature. Image credit: Reviews.org 

//It’s total “pick-your-own-adventure” chaos
Monica Yoshida
Feb 11, 2026
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In Season 8, Episode 10, of The Office, Kevin says this sentence because it’s a shortcut way of speaking so as to not waste time. I mean, maybe he’s on to something (though most of the time that was questionable lol).

But YouTube TV offers a really ✨interesting✨ feature that has the same idea at heart:
Don’t waste time.

And you know what wastes a lot more time than you think? Flipping between channels and devices!

So YouTube TV ushered in a feature called the “Multiview Feature.”

Basically, you can keep tabs on four shows at the same time. It’s flexible. It’s simple. And it’s free. And it’s INSANE???

YouTube TV allows you to literally customize what you’re watching: from news, to sports, to your favorite random shows. (Before 2026, you had to select from a pre-selected list).

My three little kids were lit up when they saw this feature because “now we don’t have to fight over who watches what!” Yeah, that’s a big no from me.

💡So is this feature worth it?

🤯 Do you like keeping tabs on four shows or events at the same time?

Maybe the scariest part is we already do this—we put a movie on the TV … while scrolling through our phone … while looking at our email on our laptop.

I never said it was a good idea. I just said it’s amazing.


There’s actually a lot more to YouTube TV. If you’re in the mood to read a riveting deep-dive into plans and pricing and firsthand experience, you should check out my YouTube TV Review. 

If not, stick around. We have a ton of other hot takes on boring stuff like TV and internet. 

Life is indeed a highway,
Monica Yoshida, Writer at Reviews.org

Monica Yoshida
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Monica relies on her built-in curiosity to find the offbeat and weird tips that are legitimately useful. She loves wading through forums to find diamond-in-the-rough Reddit insights and consumer hacks to save you real money on internet services. She’s a listener, a hunter of the nitty gritty, and a writer driven by an honest desire to connect with people. Fine print? Terms and conditions? Policy shenanigans? She’ll get to the bottom of them for you. Oh, and her internet puns are always intended. Monica got her start in the worlds of finance and marketing before joining the Reviews.org team. In her tenure as a former financial marketing copywriter, Monica drove significant growth through high-converting ad campaigns, email series, and blog content. She also singlehandedly translated a whole e-commerce grocery delivery app from English to Spanish for a Bay Area company (she’s fluent in Spanish—her family has roots in Spain). Whether she’s writing about internet or financial products, she has a knack for boiling down topics (no matter how dry or complex) into their essentials, so people know exactly what they need to know. An alum of the University of San Diego’s English and psychology departments (and former professional ballerina!), Monica spends the rest of her free time wrangling her three small and wonderful children with her husband. On the daily, you can catch her plotting the completion of her fantasy-thriller novel.

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