![]() ![]() Whether uBlock Origin also plays a role in the Edge browser, I have not tested. I have now tested this with a few videos and did not see any ads. There, they are not opened with the YouTube app ( which constantly shows me ads), but only with a video player. In Windows, you can also use Microsoft Edge to stream YouTube videos to the Chromecast. However, I have now found another possibility. An alternative is of course to first use NewPipe to download a video and then play it on the Chromecast using VLC. Although it is possible to stream YouTube videos directly in the VLC Android app itself, it somehow doesn’t work in combination with the output to the Chromecast. And if this little episode has you feeling a little wary about picking up additional Google hardware, there are a lot of other great streaming devices out there.Someone gave me the tip (thank you!) to use VLC to play YouTube videos with my Chromecast. ![]() If you grew to like the app and want the full experience back, you can always upgrade to something like a Chromecast with Google TV, which supports the Android TV version of the YouTube app. Some customers that had previously signed in using the app on multiple accounts report success logging back in after switching between them, though that may vary. However, the same response claims that signing in "isn't supported since we released and it hasn't changed since then," disagreeing with customer reports, so it's not clear how authoritative this claim is. A community specialist on Google's help forums (a title given to "Google partners who lend their expertise to help maintain our communities") says that the YouTube team is aware of this issue and working to resolve it. In the meantime, there are a few potential workarounds.Ĭustomers with YouTube Premium that don't want to suffer through ads can essentially ignore the new app and continue to cast content from their phone as they did before it existed. We've reached out to Google regarding both the change to sign-in on the app and the new restriction in using a Pixel to set up a Chromecast, but the company did not immediately respond to either inquiry. We spent a few minutes trying to come up with a group noun for "an embarrassment," and I ultimately had to settle on "a Google of embarrassments," as in: "Using a Pixel to set up and test the straight-up ruined YouTube app on Chromecasts is just a Google of embarrassments." Frankly, I can't believe Google or YouTube consider this reasonable to ship to potentially paying customers. And without account-based sync, the subscription and library tabs in the app are entirely superfluous and unusable.Įven though you can't sign in, in my testing, you can still save settings like autoplay and restricted mode preferences, though one of our tipsters claims that the settings aren't retained long-term, and autoplay can kick back in randomly.Ĭombined with taking away the ability to sign in and all that related functionality, the new YouTube app for older Chromecasts is seriously lacking in basic and expected features. When my Z Fold3 sits too long, the software-based remote for the YouTube app stops working. Navigating using your phone as a remote is laggy at times to the point you might double-up on inputs, and tapping the Chromecast icon in the app again to open the remote will kill the casting session if you're a bit too fast or impatient. I hadn't had the opportunity to use this new version since the feature landed in December (my Chromecast was retired before that happened), but even on my Chromecast Ultra it's substandard, and I can't imagine what it might be like on an older or less powerful model. I have to assume Google is being dumb and vague here because it doesn't want to acknowledge that the issue is solely its fault, and the last thing it wants to tell a two-times-loyal customer is that they'd have fewer problems with a phone from a different company.Įven without these issues, the new YouTube app is honestly a pretty poor experience in my testing. Google-loyal customers with both a Pixel and a Chromecast don't just get screwed Google won't even be honest about what's happening. ![]()
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