Out of the box it can play audio in the background, and now that extensions are available you can block ads as well. You don’t really need constantly updating 3rd party clients or questionable firewalls anymore if you just want usable youtube on a phone.
I haven’t tried newpipe, is it missing any features compared to revanced? I love that I can disable the shorts player, play with my screen off, and the wide array of customization options
Yes for all those things. Doesnt have youtube recommended or sign in, but you can export youtube subscriptions from your account. LibreTube is also great and i like it better (when my phone doesnt cause problems)
It has little to no bull shit and it can play with screen off. Age restricted videos are a problem.
If you hate the official app it’s perfect for you. Literally just your curated feed and nothing else.
Age restricted videos are a problem
You can enable those in the settings under content > show age restricted content
As far as I know, you can’t log in to your account with newpipe. I use revanced and have no issues
You will have to add your channels once. These can be backed up into a file and imported onto another device. Not super convenient but compared to how annoying the official app is I am OK with it.
It won’t track watch status across different platforms/devices though. Revanced is significantly easier to setup and use.
