No; it’s not simply you: hundreds of studies are flooding in, complaining of repeated crashes when attempting to entry YouTube utilizing iPhones and iPads.
Google has acknowledged a difficulty affecting iOS gadgets and is already engaged on a repair. Nonetheless, a a lot smaller variety of Android and desktop browser customers are additionally reporting issues accessing movies hosted on the positioning.
iOS customers affected by the bug are struggling persistent crashes after 20-30 seconds of viewing. Restarting the machine, or turning it off and again on, doesn’t seem to repair the issue.
Error studies began to spike at round 9am PT, in line with the real-time standing tracker Downdetector, reaching slightly below 8,000 by the point of writing. Nonetheless, YouTube itself isn’t down — The overwhelming majority of issues originate from app customers (73%), with simply 9% originating from these accessing the service by way of a browser.
In case you’re at the moment affected by the difficulty, it’s possible you’ll discover success by utilizing a browser as a substitute of the app. If that doesn’t be just right for you, you’ll simply need to previous tight and watch for Google to repair the issue.
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