diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/youtube/player/seekbar/SeekbarComponentsPatch.kt b/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/youtube/player/seekbar/SeekbarComponentsPatch.kt
index fa2af31e2f..a6d6b198bb 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/youtube/player/seekbar/SeekbarComponentsPatch.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/youtube/player/seekbar/SeekbarComponentsPatch.kt
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import app.revanced.patches.shared.drawable.DrawableColorPatch
 import app.revanced.patches.youtube.player.seekbar.fingerprints.CairoSeekbarConfigFingerprint
 import app.revanced.patches.youtube.player.seekbar.fingerprints.ControlsOverlayStyleFingerprint
 import app.revanced.patches.youtube.player.seekbar.fingerprints.SeekbarTappingFingerprint
+import app.revanced.patches.youtube.player.seekbar.fingerprints.SeekbarThumbnailsQualityFingerprint
 import app.revanced.patches.youtube.player.seekbar.fingerprints.ShortsSeekbarColorFingerprint
 import app.revanced.patches.youtube.player.seekbar.fingerprints.ThumbnailPreviewConfigFingerprint
 import app.revanced.patches.youtube.player.seekbar.fingerprints.TimeCounterFingerprint
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ import app.revanced.patches.youtube.utils.fingerprints.SeekbarFingerprint
 import app.revanced.patches.youtube.utils.fingerprints.SeekbarOnDrawFingerprint
 import app.revanced.patches.youtube.utils.fingerprints.TotalTimeFingerprint
 import app.revanced.patches.youtube.utils.flyoutmenu.FlyoutMenuHookPatch
+import app.revanced.patches.youtube.utils.integrations.Constants.PATCH_STATUS_CLASS_DESCRIPTOR
 import app.revanced.patches.youtube.utils.integrations.Constants.PLAYER_CLASS_DESCRIPTOR
 import app.revanced.patches.youtube.utils.resourceid.SharedResourceIdPatch
 import app.revanced.patches.youtube.utils.resourceid.SharedResourceIdPatch.InlineTimeBarColorizedBarPlayedColorDark
@@ -40,6 +42,7 @@ import app.revanced.util.indexOfFirstWideLiteralInstructionValueOrThrow
 import app.revanced.util.injectLiteralInstructionBooleanCall
 import app.revanced.util.patch.BaseBytecodePatch
 import app.revanced.util.resultOrThrow
+import app.revanced.util.updatePatchStatus
 import com.android.tools.smali.dexlib2.Opcode
 import com.android.tools.smali.dexlib2.iface.instruction.FiveRegisterInstruction
 import com.android.tools.smali.dexlib2.iface.instruction.NarrowLiteralInstruction
@@ -68,6 +71,7 @@ object SeekbarComponentsPatch : BaseBytecodePatch(
         PlayerSeekbarColorFingerprint,
         SeekbarFingerprint,
         SeekbarTappingFingerprint,
+        SeekbarThumbnailsQualityFingerprint,
         ShortsSeekbarColorFingerprint,
         TimelineMarkerArrayFingerprint,
         ThumbnailPreviewConfigFingerprint,
@@ -212,6 +216,15 @@ object SeekbarComponentsPatch : BaseBytecodePatch(
 
         // endregion
 
+        // region patch for high quality thumbnails
+
+        SeekbarThumbnailsQualityFingerprint.injectLiteralInstructionBooleanCall(
+            45399684,
+            "$PLAYER_CLASS_DESCRIPTOR->enableHighQualityFullscreenThumbnails()Z"
+        )
+
+        // endregion
+
         // region patch for hide chapter
 
         TimelineMarkerArrayFingerprint.resultOrThrow().let {
@@ -299,6 +312,8 @@ object SeekbarComponentsPatch : BaseBytecodePatch(
             )
 
             settingArray += "SETTINGS: RESTORE_OLD_SEEKBAR_THUMBNAILS"
+
+            context.updatePatchStatus(PATCH_STATUS_CLASS_DESCRIPTOR, "OldSeekbarThumbnailsDefaultBoolean")
         }
             ?: println("WARNING: Restore old seekbar thumbnails setting is not supported in this version. Use YouTube 19.16.39 or earlier.")
 
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/youtube/player/seekbar/fingerprints/SeekbarThumbnailsQualityFingerprint.kt b/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/youtube/player/seekbar/fingerprints/SeekbarThumbnailsQualityFingerprint.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..60e6a7041b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/youtube/player/seekbar/fingerprints/SeekbarThumbnailsQualityFingerprint.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package app.revanced.patches.youtube.player.seekbar.fingerprints
+
+import app.revanced.util.fingerprint.LiteralValueFingerprint
+
+internal object SeekbarThumbnailsQualityFingerprint : LiteralValueFingerprint(
+    returnType = "Z",
+    parameters = emptyList(),
+    literalSupplier = { 45399684 },
+)
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diff --git a/src/main/resources/youtube/settings/host/values/strings.xml b/src/main/resources/youtube/settings/host/values/strings.xml
index 477ae6d73c..5233812303 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/youtube/settings/host/values/strings.xml
+++ b/src/main/resources/youtube/settings/host/values/strings.xml
@@ -1101,6 +1101,14 @@ Tap and hold to undo."</string>
     <string name="revanced_restore_old_seekbar_thumbnails_title">Restore old seekbar thumbnails</string>
     <string name="revanced_restore_old_seekbar_thumbnails_summary_on">Seekbar thumbnails will appear above the seekbar.</string>
     <string name="revanced_restore_old_seekbar_thumbnails_summary_off">Seekbar thumbnails will appear in fullscreen.</string>
+    <string name="revanced_enable_seekbar_thumbnails_high_quality_title">Enable high quality thumbnails</string>
+    <string name="revanced_enable_seekbar_thumbnails_high_quality_summary_on">Seekbar thumbnails are high quality.</string>
+    <string name="revanced_enable_seekbar_thumbnails_high_quality_summary_off">Seekbar thumbnails are medium quality.</string>
+    <string name="revanced_enable_seekbar_thumbnails_high_quality_dialog_message">"This will restore thumbnails to livestreams that do not have seekbar thumbnails.
+
+Internet data usage may be higher, and seekbar thumbnails will have a slight delay before showing.
+
+This feature works best with a very fast internet connection."</string>
     <string name="revanced_enable_cairo_seekbar_title">Enable Cairo seekbar</string>
     <string name="revanced_enable_cairo_seekbar_summary_on">"Cairo seekbar is enabled.
 
diff --git a/src/main/resources/youtube/settings/xml/revanced_prefs.xml b/src/main/resources/youtube/settings/xml/revanced_prefs.xml
index 0af6960049..47cd565ba8 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/youtube/settings/xml/revanced_prefs.xml
+++ b/src/main/resources/youtube/settings/xml/revanced_prefs.xml
@@ -450,9 +450,13 @@
             <SwitchPreference android:title="@string/revanced_disable_seekbar_chapters_title" android:key="revanced_disable_seekbar_chapters" android:summaryOn="@string/revanced_disable_seekbar_chapters_summary_on" android:summaryOff="@string/revanced_disable_seekbar_chapters_summary_off" />
             <SwitchPreference android:title="@string/revanced_hide_seekbar_chapter_label_title" android:key="revanced_hide_seekbar_chapter_label" android:summaryOn="@string/revanced_hide_seekbar_chapter_label_summary_on" android:summaryOff="@string/revanced_hide_seekbar_chapter_label_summary_off" />
             <SwitchPreference android:title="@string/revanced_hide_time_stamp_title" android:key="revanced_hide_time_stamp" android:summaryOn="@string/revanced_hide_time_stamp_summary_on" android:summaryOff="@string/revanced_hide_time_stamp_summary_off" />SETTINGS: SEEKBAR_COMPONENTS -->
+
             <!-- SETTINGS: RESTORE_OLD_SEEKBAR_THUMBNAILS
             <SwitchPreference android:title="@string/revanced_restore_old_seekbar_thumbnails_title" android:key="revanced_restore_old_seekbar_thumbnails" android:summaryOn="@string/revanced_restore_old_seekbar_thumbnails_summary_on" android:summaryOff="@string/revanced_restore_old_seekbar_thumbnails_summary_off" />SETTINGS: RESTORE_OLD_SEEKBAR_THUMBNAILS -->
 
+            <!-- SETTINGS: SEEKBAR_COMPONENTS
+            <SwitchPreference android:title="@string/revanced_enable_seekbar_thumbnails_high_quality_title" android:key="revanced_enable_seekbar_thumbnails_high_quality" android:summaryOn="@string/revanced_enable_seekbar_thumbnails_high_quality_summary_on" android:summaryOff="@string/revanced_enable_seekbar_thumbnails_high_quality_summary_off" />SETTINGS: SEEKBAR_COMPONENTS -->
+
             <!-- SETTINGS: ENABLE_CAIRO_SEEKBAR
             <PreferenceCategory android:title="@string/revanced_preference_category_experimental_flag" android:layout="@layout/revanced_settings_preferences_category"/>
             <SwitchPreference android:title="@string/revanced_enable_cairo_seekbar_title" android:key="revanced_enable_cairo_seekbar" android:summaryOn="@string/revanced_enable_cairo_seekbar_summary_on" android:summaryOff="@string/revanced_enable_cairo_seekbar_summary_off" />SETTINGS: ENABLE_CAIRO_SEEKBAR -->