How to download photos and videos from YouTube, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter on any device

05/24/2021 12:31 PM

• Clarín.com

• Technology

Updated 05/24/2021 12:33 PM

Social media users regularly come across videos or images that are worth saving, both on the computer and on mobile devices.

For this, there are free applications -especially for cell phones with Android- that allow you to

easily download content from platforms such as YouTube, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter

.

There are even options for those who do not want to add another application to their phone.

In the case of Instagram, for example,

there are web pages and extensions for browsers

that circumvent the limitations of the platform itself. 

Youtube

YouTube Go

.

Created by Google, it is an exclusive application for Android that lets you view and download YouTube videos.

It offers the possibility of downloading the material directly when selecting the video to view it.

It can be used on any Android Smartphone.

YouTube Go, the app created by Google.

SnapTube.

Also intended for Android, it is one of the most required apps because it supports most of the platforms that play videos.

In addition to YouTube, it can be used to download videos from Facebook, Twitter, Vimeo, Instagram, etc.

You have to download it from the website (snaptubeapp.com) and the procedure is very simple and intuitive.

It offers the possibility of searching for videos from its own interface.

TubeMote.

Also for Android, this app downloads YouTube videos directly to your mobile phone.

Once downloaded, you just have to choose a video from the browser that is integrated into the app, and click the green arrow at the bottom of the screen.

TubeMote, another app for Android.

It offers the possibility of downloading the material in different resolutions.

Take into account when choosing the quality that these videos go to the mobile's storage card.

Videoder.

It's for Android, but it's not on Google Play, so you have to download it from the website (videoder.com).

You can search the videos directly from the Videoder application and once selected choose to play or download.

Videoder is one of the few applications that allows you to download videos on your mobile.

If the video was searched and played from YouTube, for example, when you choose when to download it, a share button appears just below the preview image.

You have to click on that share button and select the Videoder application from the menu.

For security reasons, devices may block the installation of applications that were not directly downloaded from Google Play.

To enable it, go to Settings (Security).

Workflow

.

It is an app for Apple iOS designed to optimize workflows or generate shortcuts in cell phone use.

One of the procedures that it facilitates is to download a video from YouTube.

First you have to download the app, which is in the App Store, and then in any app edit the "Share" menu so that the Shortcuts or Run workflow option appears.

Workflow, a shortcut app for iPhone.

In the YouTube app you have to choose the video you want to download, go to the share button and then in "More", display the IOS share menu.

There you have to opt for the YouTube shortcut.

The video will be saved in the photo library.

Tube2Gram and Keepvid.

They are web pages that are used to download YouTube videos.

You have to enter through the browser, they require the link of the material and can be downloaded both to the cell phone and to the computer.

Tube2Gram, an option for browsers.

Before downloading, you must select, for example, if the video is to be posted on Twitter, if it is downloaded in mp3 or mp4 format, etc.

Tube2Gram

even asks for an email and sends it as an attachment.

Facebook

Mark Zuckerberg's social network offers the possibility of saving each user's favorite videos on the platform itself.

If you still want to go down to the cell phone, both with Android and iOS systems, you should use applications.

In the case of Android, there is a free tool available on Google Play called

Video Downloader for Facebook

.

It is very easy to use: within the application you choose the video from the social network that you want to download and in what quality, and then you just have to click on the download button that the tool offers.

Video Downloader for Facebook, available for Android.

In the case of iPhones, it can be done by downloading the

DManager-Browser

application

from the AppStore.

Once downloaded, it offers the option to access YouTube, Facebook or Twitter.

The procedure is simple: when viewing the desired video, a window opens offering the option to download, copy the link or cancel.

If downloaded, in a few seconds the video is saved in the mobile App folder.

Twitter and Instagram

In the case of Android it is available on Google Play application

+ Download Twitter & Instagram, InsTake Downloader

or

Downloader Twitmate

.

To start using it, you have to download it from the Store and then go, for example, to Twitter or the Instagram publication and copy the link of the desired video.

When you return to the app and paste it directly, it offers the possibility of downloading.

Download Twitter video.

The app to easily download clips from the social network also has a web version.

Without downloading an application, it can be done online by entering the

twdown.net

site

and copying there the link of the Twitter video that you want to download: in seconds, download the material to your mobile.

For IOS the indicated application is

MyMedia File Manager

(available in the App Store for free) and the procedure is very easy.

You have to copy the link of the Twitter video and paste it in the field of the app that requires the link.

It then offers the possibility to choose the quality before downloading it.

It is stored in the app.

There are also options for those users who access Instagram

from their computer's web browser

.

For them, the most comfortable way to download photos is through an extension for

Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox

.

The so-called

plugins

are easy to install, free, they integrate with the browser and with Instagram to download photos instantly.

The Google Chrome store offers a wide variety of extensions to download Instagram content from the browser.

Photo: capture.

Another advantage of the extensions for Chrome is that they are also compatible with other browsers such as Opera, Yandex, Brave, Microsoft Edge and a long etcetera.

For example,

Instagram Downloader

adds a download button to Instagram to download photos but also videos.

Both from Instagram and from Stories or IGTV.

Downloadgram

(https://downloadgram.com/) is an online option to download photos, videos, reels and IGTV in browsers.

Another great detail of this extension is that it adds a button to Instagram profiles to download all its content.

All you have to do is press the Download All button to start downloading the photos and videos.

High Resolution Downloader

for Instagram

also helps to save copies of the photos published on Instagram, and even ensures to do so in the best possible quality.

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