Big news for people who want an alternative to the official Youtube app: Newpipe, the open source, ad-free Youtube player/downloader, just had one of their developers announce that Android TV support is on their roadmap.

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bongobills · Accepted Answer

It's simply the best you tube app

BillDino · Answer

Does it support casting?

RoboAddy · Answer

I'm just using the factory version that came with my tv and have auto updates disabled.

duepointe · Answer

for android tv please!! :)

Lincolns_Revenge · Answer

It's pretty great.  I just hope it's safe from being killed by google.  Maybe it doesn't require API tokens to function like say, a twitter app would.

akhild · Answer

I think they add support for unofficial Android tv boxes too.