Rumor: Future Firmwares to Support YouTube Within Safari Browser

Posted by Jody Mitoma on May 12, 2008 at 10:50 am

The 5th beta release of the iPhone SDK adds limited support for YouTube videos within the mobile Safari web browser. According to iPodNN, you can view videos embedded into websites which now function as links.

Once clicked, these links open the iPhone’s dedicated YouTube application, which also lets them quickly return to the page they were viewing.

Access to YouTube.com remains restricted, as it continues to request Flash support that the iPhone firmware lacks. Both Apple and Adobe have expressed a desire to add support, but Apple CEO Steve Jobs has claimed that Flash will not be added until it does not significantly drain battery power.

(Source: iPhoneAlley)