YouTube no longer working on Shield TV

by Nogib

Somehow in the last day I can no longer launch YouTube on my Shield TV Pro (2015) at all. I've had this device since its launch and generally love it given all the updates Nvidia has given it. Anyways, the app begins to open then just immediately dumps me back to the home screen. Tried deleting cache, app data, rollback version, various reboots inbetween, nothing works. Only change recently to my account was that I made a sub "brand account" on YouTube but that was almost a week ago now and it worked fine for many days leading up to this so I'm not sold on that being the issue or not. Doesn't matter which account I select when trying to open YouTube either. Trying to cast from my phone to the Shield also has the same problem of dumping back to home screen. I CAN however cast to a normal Chromecast device without issue.

I had to resort to installing Smart Tube Next to get any YouTube playback for the time being. I'm just scratching my head here trying to figure out what happened and how to correct it.

FrizzIeFry

SmartTube Next is getting better and better. Latest Update brought Sponsor Blocks... I'm not going back to stock app any time soon.

rolfer8

Same issue on my Mi Box S 2 days ago. Did exactly the same TS steps but still the same. I thought it's a Mi.Box S issue, apparently it's also affecting Nvidia Shield devices

jeffdelta

Just to add, have the 2015 Nvidia Shield pro, have had no issues with YouTube since the latest update.

rolfer8

Update: After 2 days of not working and around an hour after I posted my comment above, Youtube app is now back and will no longer close!

I guess all I needed was to comment here lol 😅🤣😂