On thursday, YouTube launched a new feature 'Smart Offline' that lets a user download a video at cheaper night data rates offered by mobile operators in India.

The company said in a statement, "Today, we are beginning to roll out a feature called Smart Offline on YouTube that lets you take advantage of these cheaper data rates as offered by your mobile operator, without requiring you to stay up late at night".

A prompt will appear when user taps on the grey arrow with a option to select "save overnight" using the mobile operator's discounted night data plan. When the user selects it, the YouTube app will smartly schedule the video to be downloaded after peak hours that night.

A then the user can watch the videos offline and on the go, with no buffering the next morning, the company said.

On Thursday, this feature was rolled out for Airtel and Telenor subscribers and would be brought to all users in India soon.

The feature will not work on Wi-Fi networks and one needs to update YouTube app to the latest version to take its benefits.