Apple TV remote will not work with YouTube

Yes, Youtube specifically tends to have issues with the remote. In that many times the remote's touch pad will stop working in Youtube, but work everywhere else. Buttons still respond, but there's no way to move the cursor around.

Easiest way to fix it, is to force close the Youtube App and open it again.

See here: Switch quickly between and force close Apple TV apps - Apple Support

1. On the Siri Remote, press the Home button twice quickly.
2. Swipe up on the Touch surface of the Siri Remote to force the highlighted app (the app in the center of the screen) to quit.
3. Press the menu button to exit the App switcher.
4. Open Youtube again.

Hi

I have the second-generation apple TV box. .

1. I double clicked the button on the "Siri remote" - do you mean the Apple TV remote? I did that and closed all of the apps that were open in the background; I did not know this was a thing, but it's similar to having multiple apps running on the iPhone, which uses more RAM, I guess. Then I went into settings and restarted apple TV. It now works as intended.
2. This happens to me intermittently but has been a daily occurrence for the past couple weeks. It would be annoying to have to restart Apple TV on a daily basis just to get the YouTube app to work.
3. YouTube should address this because after watching vids, I cannot like or dislike a vid because the trackpad on the remote stops working.

Please use Apple TV remote troubleshooting .

Its very intermittent.

I've had it happen on 2 different ones at different times. But it has happend more than once on each.

It can be fine for many months and then suddenly happen 2 or 3 times in successive days, Then again be fine for a while.

Have not had it happen for a while now.

The second generation Apple TV does not suffer from this, since the silver aluminum remote it uses, has no track pad. It uses actual physical buttons.

This is an issue with the HD (4th generation) and 4K (5th generation) Apple TVs only as far as I know. The ones that use the black remote called either Apple TV Remote or Siri remote interchangeably.

This one:

Yes, it appears it is something Youtube needs to fix, since I does not seem to affect other Apps that I have seen.

I have the second-generation apple TV box.

Google stopped support for the YouTube app on the second generation Apple TV some years ago. I I don't have a second generation Apple TV running at the moment, but I'm fairly certain that the app no longer works at all, that's if it even there on the home screen.

but it's similar to having multiple apps running on the iPhone, which uses more RAM, I guess.

Having apps open in the background on both the iPhone and the Apple TV does not use RAM, the apps (excluding special ones) are totally inactive one in the background.

Odd, because I use YouTube app daily for more than a year and this just started happening a few weeks ago. It works correctly for a couple vids after an ATV restart, and then the track pad stops working. Thanks.

I agree. Restarting solves the problem temporarily, but who wants to have to restart Apple TV every 15 minutes in order to get the remote to work properly. By the way, this is not an issue with the Remote app on the iPhone, but I find using my phone for it "clunky" at best.

Thank you for your reply, Phil.

I can't replicate this (6 Apple TV's)

I mis-wrote. My first one was the second-generation. I've had the 4th generation (model A1625) for a couple of years now. Thanks.

Thanks. I'll try the ATV remote trouble-shooting steps. I let you all know the outcome. Maybe it just needs a good charge

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