How does YouTube still exist on my device?

by Valiantay

I've completely uninstalled YouTube via ADB, it still showed up in my app list (within settings, not the app page).

I disabled it from the app list.

When I use my smart speaker or phone, it STILL launches YouTube. How is this possible?

All I want to do is launch Smart YouTube TV with my speaker / phone like I used to with Oreo 8.1.

crazysim

I'm guessing it's using the Google Cast/Chromecast functionality?

The way Chromecasts work, they don't have apps installed (with an asterisk for the minor and special cases of Netflix and Spotify DRM due to them being early adopters of the platform) but instead load a web page that is remotely controlled by the speaker or phone.

likeomgitznich

Videos pushed from another device and displayed on your TV are NOT using the native app on the TV. They are simply casting the video/music/content using chromecast (the chromecast built it app is what does all this).

norhor

Why use Smart Youtube? On my device it bahaves worse than the original Youtube app.