Y2Mate Features Guide: Everything the Box Can Do
Most people paste a link, press Start and grab 720p. That works, but the same box also searches YouTube, opens playlists, handles Shorts and Music links, and gives you three kinds of file. Here's the full list.
1. Paste almost any YouTube link
The box accepts every common YouTube address. You don’t need to clean up the link first; tracking bits like &t=42s or ?si= are ignored.
| Link | Works? | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| youtube.com/watch?v=… | Yes | Full quality list |
| youtu.be/… | Yes | Same as above |
| youtube.com/shorts/… | Yes | Vertical 9:16 MP4 |
| m.youtube.com/… | Yes | Mobile links are fine |
| music.youtube.com/… | Yes | Best used with MP3 or M4A |
| Playlist or Mix link | Yes | Opens a video list |
2. Search by name
Don’t have the link? Type what you’re looking for, for example “coke studio season 15” or “python tutorial for beginners”, and press Start. Y2Mate shows the top YouTube results with thumbnails, channel names and durations. Pick one and its download options open right away. This is the quickest way to grab a song when you only remember the title.
3. Playlists and Mixes
Paste a playlist link (it contains list=) and you get every video in that playlist, with a download button on each. It’s handy for album uploads, course series and lecture playlists. Download them one at a time; your browser can run three or four downloads in parallel without trouble.
4. Shorts
Shorts links give you a vertical MP4. If the creator uploaded in full HD you get 1080 × 1920, which fills a phone screen and is the right size for reposting your own Shorts to Reels or TikTok.
5. Three output formats
- MP4 video: every resolution YouTube has, from 144p to 4K. 1080p and lower are H.264, which plays everywhere.
- MP3 audio: 192 kbps, for car stereos, old players and any app.
- M4A audio: YouTube’s original AAC track, copied without conversion. Smaller than MP3 at the same quality.
Not sure which one? The Y2Mate converter page compares them side by side.
6. File sizes before you download
Each quality shows its approximate size, so you can see that a 20-minute video is about 400 MB at 1080p but only 120 MB at 480p before you spend the data.
7. Sound on every HD video
YouTube keeps HD picture and audio as separate streams. Y2Mate joins them on the server without re-encoding, so every MP4 above 360p comes with sound and keeps the original quality.
What Y2Mate deliberately doesn’t do
- No sign-in: private, members-only and age-restricted videos can’t be downloaded.
- No APK or extension: everything runs in the browser.
- No fake 320 kbps MP3: YouTube’s audio is about 160 kbps, so we don’t pretend otherwise.
Ready to try it? Start with the YouTube to MP4 converter or the YouTube to MP3 converter.
Frequently asked questions
Can Y2Mate search YouTube without a link?
Yes. Type a song or video name instead of a link and press Start. You get a list of matching videos, each with its own download button.
Does Y2Mate download whole playlists at once?
It lists every video in the playlist, then you download the ones you want one by one. There's no single ZIP, which keeps each download fast and reliable.
Which file type should I pick for music?
M4A if your phone or player supports it, because it is YouTube's original audio. MP3 if it has to play in a car stereo or an older device.