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youtube tv app will not download play Unable to install or update YouTube app on Android? Here's what you need to know. We don’t need to emphasize on how popular Google’s sharing platform YouTube is (or has been) among the masses. Last year, YouTube CEO shared the service had 1.8 billion monthly logged-in viewers. And ’s reasonable to assume, the must have further shot up. When it comes to providing support for older devices, majority services draw a , and hence go for or contribute to what is popularly known as planned obsolesce. YouTube also took on such step back in 2015, where they retired Data API v2, terminating app support on devices manufactured before 2013. YouTube app on iPhone. The change mainly impacted older devices like Apple TVs, iOS devices ( and iPads), smart TVs, gaming consoles etc. While the company’s move made it to news headlines, the announcement didn’t convey anything regarding older Android phones. Looks like the step the company took back then is affecting many users till date and they are confused why they can’t install YouTube app on their phones. And majority inquirers own Android device. Users say, they’re asked to update the YouTube app, but when they try to do so by heading to Store, they’re notified the app isn’t compatible or it can’t be installed on their units. Humongous number of users have been reporting this for over months across YouTube community. Take a look at how some of them word this: It asks me to update the app for almost a year but it always says “failed to install” when I tried to update on play store (problem -501 or 901). Now it asks for update again but I no longer can ignore it and I can’t access the app completely. It says install the new version but when i go to the playstore it says it is not compatible anymore. what should i do? Here are the notifications they get to see on trying to upload or install the app: For those of you who are facing the installation/uploading problem discussed here, we’d like to inform you that YouTube doesn’t support older Android operating systems. The official support page for ‘Certain older YouTube apps are not supported’ signifies this. As per the support page, in case Android phone users get to see the following screen on their units, it conveys the app version you’re using is no longer supported. So users will basically have to update through Google Play Store to access the YouTube app. Just in case you aren’t able to do that, it means, the Android OS version running on your phone doesn’t support the newer version of the app. So either update your phone to the latest Android OS, or in case your phone is not receiving the Android updates anymore, better go for a new device. And if you still don’t feel like bidding adieu to your older device, use YouTube via instead of the app. Simple. Here’s how the company words this: If you cannot update your app, it’s most likely that your version of Android OS no longer supports the newer version of the YouTube app. To make sure you have access to the latest Android YouTube app, update to the latest Android OS. If you’d like to continue using the YouTube app without updating your OS, please note that eventually, older versions of the YouTube app won’t be supported. Here’s hoping Android phone users – who are facing the issue discussed here – find this information helpful. For more YouTube related news and , you may head here. PiunikaWeb is a unique initiative that mainly focuses on investigative . This means we do a lot of work to come up with news stories that are either ‘exclusive,’ ‘breaking,’ or ‘curated’ in nature. Perhaps that’s the reason our work has been picked by the likes of , Foxnews , , TechCrunch , , , Macrumors , and more. Do take a tour of our to get a feel of our work. And if you like what we do, stay connected with us on (@PiunikaWeb) and other channels to receive timely updates on stories we publish. Manage your area or current playback area. When you sign up for YouTube TV, you'll be asked to share your home zip code. We may also ask you to confirm your location via your device location permissions. This requirement is to make sure you get access to the correct networks in your location. What you can watch and record on YouTube TV is based on your home area: Watch programs aired over affiliate networks in your location. When you travel outside of your home area, you can’t watch local networks airing in your home area. You can see local programs in the location you travel to, but you can’t record anything outside of your home area. Learn more about location requirements and how to change your location below. Baseball, basketball, and hockey games generally air over regional sports networks (RSNs). Add your favorite teams, leagues, or games to your library so they’ll record whenever they air. Football generally airs over local affiliate networks. You can watch NFL games which air over local networks in your current physical location, regardless of whether this matches the home area on your account. You can’t record any NFL games outside of your home area. Learn more about how to watch and record sports here. New members. Confirm your home area when signing up. Content owners place restrictions on which types of content can be shown in which locations. Certain content is only available in specific areas, per requirements from our content partners. Learn more about viewing restrictions on YouTube TV. Your home area helps us figure out which local networks to show you. Without it, we usually can't give you your favorite local programming. This info helps to find local taxes on your membership. Turn on location permissions. Existing members: Change your home area: To change your home area : Open YouTube TV. Select your profile picture. Select Settings Area Home area . Beside "Home area", select Update . You can only change your home area per year. You have to be physically in your new home area to update your home area in YouTube TV. If you're a frequent traveler, make sure to use YouTube TV at least once every 3 months in your home area. This check in makes sure YouTube TV can continue to offer you the correct local networks. Update current playback area on a TV. Open the YouTube TV app on your TV. Select your profile picture. Select Settings Area Current Playback Area . On your mobile device, go to tv..com/verify. Allow the website to access your device’s location to update your current playback area. Update current playback area on a mobile device or web browser. Open YouTube TV. Select your profile picture. Select Settings Area . Beside "Current playback area", Select Update . Troubleshoot location permissions. Still having trouble? Location permissions might be turned off on your device. You can check by following these steps. Open Chrome. In the top right, click either Menu or More . Click Settings " and security" section. Click Site settings . Select Location and change your location settings. Using a Chrome device at work or school? Your network administrator might make location settings for you, in which case you can't change them via these directions. Learn about using a managed Chrome device. If you're using a web browser other than Chrome, check your browser settings to change location permissions. Learn more about location permissions on Firefox, Safari, , and Explorer. Can't access the Google Play Store, Movies & TV, Music (Google play), YouTube, or Games apps. IMPORTANT: This article applies only to specific products and/or operating systems. Check Applicable Products and Categories for details. Your TV must have an internet connection and the correct date and time to access network services from the Google Play™ Store, Movies & TV, YouTube™, and Games apps. Follow the steps below to make sure that your TV is connected to the Internet and that the Date & time settings are correct. Check network status. For X74H_X75H series: press the HOME button on the remote control → Settings → Network & Internet For other models: Press the HOME button on the remote control. Select Help . If Help isn't shown, choose Apps and then press the center (enter) button, then select Help . YouTube TV is another PWA you can install directly from the Play Store. Just last week we came across the first in what we hope becomes a long line of progressive web applications (PWA) that can be installed directly from the Google Play Store on . This app happened to be Twitter and, if you’ve been using their fantastic website/web app over the past year, you’ll appreciate how good it has become in its overall functionality. I noted in that article that I’d recently removed the Twitter Android app from phone and replaced it with the web-based PWA instead and I’ve not looked back. I’d urge you to read that last post about why this is significant if you haven’t already, but I’ll quickly point out why this matters. PWAs represent the open web moving forward in its ability to deliver fully-functioning applications that can be delivered anywhere by anyone and be used on any platform. PWAs don’t care if you are running iOS, Mac OS, Windows, Android or Chrome OS: they just need a modern browser framework to function in. In a nutshell, they represent the most flexible and versatile app platform available and up until now, users had to go through some small hoops to get them installed. With the arrival of the Twitter PWA in the Play Store, that hurdle is completely gone. This new availability begged the question of whether or not there are more out there like it. After all, as cool as it is to see the Twitter app get delivered in this way, one app doesn’t exactly spell a revolution. I looked around and tried about 20 different apps that I thought have the potential to be delivered on Chrome OS as a PWA versus their Android APK counterpart, but I struck out on all fronts. A few days after posting about the Twitter app, however, our tweet about it retweeted by Dominick Ng – Tech Lead/Manager on Chrome OS Apps Platform, web apps/PWAs, security UX – and afterwards, I reached out to ask him about the existence of other apps like Twitter that automatically download and install the PWA instead of the Android app on Chromebooks. Dominick was kind enough to respond and point me to one other app being treated in this way: YouTube TV. For those YouTube TV subscribers out there, you have likely become quite familiar with the web app version of the service you get by navigating tv.youtube.com when on a desktop. Since the app in the Play Store has always been listed as incompatible with your device, it’s really been your only option. I know I’ve had it saved as a shortcut on my Chromebook for months now because of this and frankly, the web version is so good I’ve not really cared about having the Android app on my Chromebook. As it turns out, YouTube TV does the exact same thing as Twitter now in the Play Store. Search for it and you’ll find it on your Chromebook and instead of seeing the listing as incompatible, you’ll have the option to go ahead and install right from there. Doing so will not surprisingly net you an install of the PWA that you are likely already familiar with, but in a form that is very unique. It will have an icon in your app tray, it will have the same uninstall dialog as any other app you install from the Play Store, and it can also be removed from your system right from the Play Store as well. For all intents and purposes, this installs an app just like any other service from the Play Store: it’s just not an Android APK anymore. I can’t begin to tell you how much of a fan of this I am. While I’m ready for the day when all apps are delivered via the open web using tech that any user can leverage, we’re clearly not quite there yet. Users feel a certain comfort in going to their to get their apps, and regardless of whether that is the best way for things to work, it is simply how things are right now. PWAs have been technically available in the Play Store for a while at this point, but this new effort at allowing a single app to have different version available based on the device is a great step in the right direction from Google. While many users would simply run and download the Twitter Android app on their Chromebook, what they might not know is the PWA is just as functional, runs better on a Chromebook, and takes up less resources. It’s a win all around that many users may never have leveraged on their own and I’m hopeful to see much more of this in the coming months. Google is removing its Play Movies and TV app from every and most smart TVs. The Google Play Movies and TV app will no longer be available on any Roku set-top box or any Samsung, LG, or Roku smart TV starting July 15th, Google has announced (via 9to5Google ). If you have movies or TV shows purchased or rented through the service, you’ll still be able to access them through the “Your movies and shows” section of the YouTube app on those devices. This change will also affect you if if you used the Movies and TV app to access , the service that allows you to redeem codes from DVDs and Blu-rays so you can access your media digitally. Google has confirmed to The Verge that users who relied on Play Movies and TV to access that content will be able to do so through YouTube. There are a few other caveats to note in the transition to YouTube. Your Watchlist will no longer be viewable in the app (though it can still be seen on the web by Googling “my watchlist”), and while your family can still share the content you bought from the Movie and TV store, any purchases made in the YouTube app won’t be shared with your family. If you have movies or TV content purchased through the Play Store, here’s how you’ll be able to access them after July 15th: On Android phones/tablets: using the Google TV app or the YouTube app On iPhones/iPads: using the Google Play Movies and TV app, or the YouTube App On Roku devices: using the YouTube app On Samsung, LG, Vizio, and Roku smart TVs: using the YouTube app On : using the Google TV app On the web: using the Google Play Movies and TV website or YouTube website On Android TV: using the Google Play Movies and TV app (according to Google’s documentation) To view your content on YouTube, log in, go to Library, then tap “Your movies and shows.” There, you’ll see your Google Play Store movie and TV purchases, your Movies Anywhere content, and any content purchased from the YouTube app itself (with the family sharing caveat noted above). Transitioning from one app to another can be tough, but Google is hoping to take some of the away for users by offering them a gift code that can be applied to their movie or TV purchase — though you’ll have to redeem it on YouTube.