Yes, all five family members can watch YouTube TV at the same time provided they’re watching on no more than three devices total. Under a single account with YouTube TV a household can create up to six different profiles but is limited to watching simultaneously on three devices. “Limited” is perhaps a misnomer since not all streaming TV platforms allow watching on three different devices at one time.

How will this work out for the household? Let’s treat this as a word problem.

Word Problem

The Watcher family has five members: John, Sarah, Emma, Mike, and Lily. (Not including Lucky, the dog and 12-week-old kitten, Snowball.) They have five devices at home to watch TV – two cell phones, a television in the living room, a laptop, and a tablet. Each family member wants to watch their favorite show for one hour every evening. However, they are only allowed to use three of their five devices simultaneously for watching. How can they schedule their TV watching so that everyone gets to watch their show for an hour using only the three devices available? Hint: sharing is caring.

Answer

• First Hour John watches his show on the television in the living room. Sarah uses the laptop. Emma, Mike and Lily are hanging out together and all watch on the tablet.

• Second Hour Mike takes over the television in the living room and Sarah joins him. Lily and Emma use the laptop. John uses his cell phone to pull up the YouTube TV app. No one is using the tablet.

• Third Hour Sarah watches her show on the television in the living room and Lily joins her. Emma takes her turn on the laptop and John joins her. Mike switches to the tablet.

One YouTube TV account will support watching on three devices at the same time.