Yes, you can watch YouTube TV while you are away from home.

Pro Tip: Watch YouTube TV at least once every 3 months from home. This will help retain your access to local programs. If you’re a major league sports fan, step it up to once a month to avoid sports-related viewing restrictions.

Steps

1. To watch YouTube TV in the U.S., open your YouTube TV app or go to the YouTube TV website.
2. Select your profile photo > Location > Current Playback Area.
3. Follow the prompts to update your location.
4. YouTube TV will validate your device’s location and current playback area. If that handshake can’t be performed you may be asked to go to tv.youtube.com/verify so that YouTube can validate your location.

What you’ll have: You will still have your library and can still record shows from your home area or from nationally available networks. You can watch the local channels.

What you’ll won’t have You can’t record anything from local channels in your current destination.

Pro Tip: Build up your library of record programs. This is especially handy when traveling overseas. That’s because international live viewing is not included with YouTube TV. Chat threads suggest that if you are overseas and connect to the internet via a VPN that uses a server in the U.S. you can bypass the restriction. YouTube TV has the technology to identify and block certain VPN usage from outside the U.S. You can still open the app while abroad and access your library of previously recorded shows. The reason for the international restriction is that YouTube TV is licensed to show content inside the U.S. These agreements don’t typically allow for international broadcasting. To avoid violating its agreements YouTube TV implements reasonable steps to prevent access.