YouTube App not supported Android 6.0

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Gordon_R

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For many years I have been viewing YouTube videos on the App on a variety of (older) Android phones. Suddenly this morning a message pops up saying the App is no longer supported, and I must use youtube.com in my browser (not quite the same experience on a mobile device). The Play Store says nothing about this, and Android 6.0 is still supported (re-installed, same message).

Any ideas when/how this happened? (Upgrading my phone is not an option at present).
 
You are out of luck for using the official YouTube app now.. your phone manufacturer is not pushing the required updates anymore to make your YouTube app compatible with the YouTube backend API..

You can go looking for unofficial YouTube apps, but being unofficial you never know what nasties might be hiding in there..

Or stick it out with the browser until you can upgrade to a newer device..
 
Maybe a backend service that is not supported anymore because Android 6 is out of date and not getting further support either.
 
Try & see if you can install this app from the Play Store as an alternative to the official YouTube app...

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FREETUBE​

Link here.

About this app
FreeTube App is a Free Tube Video Player app

Floating Player
Floating Popup Play Mode allows you to play video or music in popup mode.
Enable the popup player option and you can minimise your app and enjoy watching videos.

Up to 4K Resolution
Maximum resolution of videos active by default.
FreeTube allows you to play videos with all resolutions from 144p to 4K.

Search Bar
User friendly search bar to easily search videos & music.
Search bar allows you to search ideas and relevant content in the drop down.

No Login/Sign-up Required
You can access all videos without login.
Bookmark your favourite video and music without signup or create any account.
No need to install other plug-ins.
Save for the later option to watch later.

More Features
Light & Dark Theme option
Select video resolution depending on your internet data connection.
Playlist - playlist allows you to save videos for watching later.

Disclaimer:
- YouTube v3 API key use in FreeTube App. This app does not allow any kind of content to be downloaded.
- According to YouTube's Terms of Use, we are not allowed to display videos from YouTube with screen locked, nor to let you download songs.
- FreeTube App use third party tube API. The contents of the videos are from the API Services.
- FreeTube App complies with the API's Terms of Use.

Updated on 09 Sept 2023
 
Ivan Leon said:
Try & see if you can install this app from the Play Store as an alternative to the official YouTube app...

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FREETUBE​

Link here.

About this app
FreeTube App is a Free Tube Video Player app

Floating Player
Floating Popup Play Mode allows you to play video or music in popup mode.
Enable the popup player option and you can minimise your app and enjoy watching videos.

Up to 4K Resolution
Maximum resolution of videos active by default.
FreeTube allows you to play videos with all resolutions from 144p to 4K.

Search Bar
User friendly search bar to easily search videos & music.
Search bar allows you to search ideas and relevant content in the drop down.

No Login/Sign-up Required
You can access all videos without login.
Bookmark your favourite video and music without signup or create any account.
No need to install other plug-ins.
Save for the later option to watch later.

More Features
Light & Dark Theme option
Select video resolution depending on your internet data connection.
Playlist - playlist allows you to save videos for watching later.

Disclaimer:
- YouTube v3 API key use in FreeTube App. This app does not allow any kind of content to be downloaded.
- According to YouTube's Terms of Use, we are not allowed to display videos from YouTube with screen locked, nor to let you download songs.
- FreeTube App use third party tube API. The contents of the videos are from the API Services.
- FreeTube App complies with the API's Terms of Use.

Updated on 09 Sept 2023
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Actually that is the opposite of what I want (Edit: I tried one called PocketTube). Viewing videos is easy, it's the comments section that is important to me, and hard to navigate in a browser on a mobile device. The existing App was actually perfect for what I did. Typical google I suppose (same as podcast app discontinued...)

P.S. My desktop PC is currently broken, so I may need to look into that option...
 
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Gordon_R said:
Actually that is the opposite of what I want (Edit: I tried one called PocketTube). Viewing videos is easy, it's the comments section that is important to me, and hard to navigate in a browser on a mobile device. The existing App was actually perfect for what I did. Typical google I suppose (same as podcast app discontinued...)

P.S. My desktop PC is currently broken, so I may need to look into that option...
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Tbh, would not consider them dropping Android 6/7 an issue, even the S6 (2015) has support for Android 8/Oreo.
You have to go back to the Samsung S5 (2014) for a flagship device that isn't supported anymore, and at 10 years, with how fast mobile tech changed, that's not really an issue (e.g. the s5 is a 4C/4T part on a 28nm process, a mid-range Samsung A55 is an 8C/8T part, on Geekbench 4.4 multi core it's 14k points vs 2.7k and single core 4.2k vs 1k).
 
Johnatan56 said:
Tbh, would not consider them dropping Android 6/7 an issue, even the S6 (2015) has support for Android 8/Oreo.
You have to go back to the Samsung S5 (2014) for a flagship device that isn't supported anymore, and at 10 years, with how fast mobile tech changed, that's not really an issue (e.g. the s5 is a 4C/4T part on a 28nm process, a mid-range Samsung A55 is an 8C/8T part, on Geekbench 4.4 multi core it's 14k points vs 2.7k and single core 4.2k vs 1k).
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Thanks for the lecture, but that misses the point entirely. The OP clearly states that Android is still supported. In cases where support was withdrawn such as WhatsApp, clear warnings and timeframes were given, as well as justifucations such as security of encrypted messages. I can't see any such reasons for YouTube videos.
 
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