Annoyed by YouTube autoplaying videos on Android? Sorry, its not a bug, its another experimental feature

Date:
Tue, 01 Apr 2025 16:13:33 +0000

Description:
YouTube is yet again exploring with new features, as Android users have noticed this strange auto-play function in their mobile apps.

FULL STORY ======================================================================Android users have noticed a test that autoplays the first video in your feed when
you open the YouTube app Users have expressed their negative feelings online, with some sharing tips and workarounds for avoiding this This is another of YouTube's recent experimental features, and follows the platform's 'recommended videos' list in the app's playback queue

Usually, when YouTube implements new experimental features, you can spot them from a mile away. However, the video platform has been quite discreet and sneaky with its latest test, and some users have noticed that it has been automatically playing the first video in their feed as they open the Android version of the app.

Over the past month or so, several Android users have reported their experiences with this strange autoplay function, and though most believed it to be a bug at first, it turns out that its intentional on YouTubes part. To say people are frustrated is an understatement, and they havent shied away from expressing their feelings in countless Reddit threads. Video plays when
I open App from r/youtube

"I opened my YouTube app on my Samsung phone today, and it immediately
started playing a video. I checked that autoplay was disabled and restarted the app, and that didn't fix anything," said one user on Reddit, which attracted a roster of replies from fellow Android users with the same issue.

Theres an existing YouTube feature that you can enable to automatically play videos one after the other, and this can easily be turned off in your settings, but one of the most annoying parts of YouTubes mystery autoplay
test is that its not as simple to avoid. Luckily, users who have been experiencing this issue have found a way to stop this by uninstalling the
apps latest update, or by clearing their data and cache. YouTube is in an era of experimentation

Its an interesting time for YouTube, which seems to be carrying out a new
test every week. Autoplaying videos are just one of a cluster of experiments that could result in new features for the app, for better or worse.

Other recent tests point to the possible arrival of new features for YouTube Premium subscribers, including a function that allows you to control audio quality in videos , as well as a new time-saving perk that shows you recommended content directly in your playback queue . YouTube has also been testing a fix for subscriber notifications , and while this could be a blessing for users, it could be a big risk for creators. You might also like Is YouTube auto-playing Shorts when you open the app? Well, youre not alone - heres how to fix it Hollywood studios can't make money from AI-powered fake movie trailers on YouTube anymore A cheaper YouTube Premium Lite plan just rolled out in the US but youll miss out on these 4 features



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Link to news story: https://www.techradar.com/computing/software/annoyed-by-youtube-autoplaying-vi deos-on-android-sorry-its-not-a-bug-its-another-experimental-feature


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