YouTube airplay from iPad stops and restarts on Apple TV 3

Many user have reported the issue (check ratings in the Appstore), seems to be a problem with a Youtube Update about 2-3 months ago, that they havent bothered to fix. Btw, every video, music etc. you stream over Airplay works, it's just the Youtube App having problems. Im having the same issue with an iPhone XS Max (iOS 14 beta 8) and a Apple TV 4K (tvOS 14.0). For now, I just use the YT App on the Apple TV, but it annoyes me to not beeing able to just watch it "through" my phone, because the YT App on Apple TV is bad... really really bad...

Mine does this too. It worked fine for years and years and it started doing this on iOS 14 and 14.1. You could stream to Apple TV from YouTube app and then switch apps or lock phone and it would still show on Apple TV. This issue is a recent thing.

Hi, Goldhound_00.

Welcome to the Apple Support Communities. We’re glad you decided to reach out about your father’s iPad and Apple TV concern. If we understand correctly, after updating the iPad you’re no longer able to AirPlay from the iPad to the Apple TV without the video pausing when the iPad automatically locks. When you press play to resume after it locks, it moves back to the beginning of the video. Does this sound correct?

If so, check the “Still need help?” section here:

If AirPlay or screen mirroring isn’t working on your device - Apple Support

Note that it’s expected that the connection get interrupted when your device locks, so he may need to make sure his iPad is plugged in to charge and adjust the Auto Lock settings when he mirrors the iPad to the Apple TV.

All our best.

I have the same issue on my iPhone since updating to IOS 14 3 weeks ago.

all streaming via AirPlay have the issue of stopping when the phone sleeps/locks. Auto or manual.

so far tested on YouTube, safari websites, red bull tv app and Netflix app.

it’s annoying and needs to be fixed.

It’s really mind-boggling to me how big the difference in quality there is between any other Apple product I’ve owned and Apple TV. I recently decided to get a streaming device and went for the Apple TV since I’m already in the ecosystem. For my surprise, it doesn’t “just work”. I’ve searched online for fixes, and the best one so far has been to keep the screen on. However, even that doesn’t work well sometimes. For example; I was streaming a YouTube video from my iPad to Apple TV and opened LinkedIn on my iPad. To my surprise, the YouTube streaming stopped and was substituted by a video ad from LinkedIn. My father has a Chromecast and it works like I thought the Apple TV would work. It’s also fairly annoying to be required to use the Netflix app on the Apple TV itself, the UI is just so much better on iOS/iPadOS. As it doesn’t seem Apple is too worried about these issues, delegating responsibility to individual app developers, I’ll try to sell the Apple TV and get a Chromecast.

For those with issues specifically dealing with YouTube, I’ve found that Airplaying it from Brave browser on the iPad works fine! Plus you get ad-blocking.

I have tested youtubetv udemy and a bunch of other apps that offer airplay and it seems that only the youtube app gives me issues. It even gives me problems on an older Apple TV. My guess is that its the youtube app on my phone.

This issue isn’t specific to YouTube; it has nothing to do with other applications or their updates. The interruptions in Airplay carry over across all applications I've used.

Just upgraded my iphone 6s to an iphone 11 and Airplay is now completely unusable. No matter what I try to cast to my AppleTV, it runs for a few seconds before pausing and disconnecting. With my Macbook however, I don’t have any issues besides the occasional annoying lag, but at least it’s usable.

Over $1,200 for a new phone that comes with issues my iphone 6 never had. Worse yet, no solutions presented here.

Okay I have been experiencing the same problem. Using airplay from my iPad at apple HD TV(sharing skill Yoga app) and yes after 5 min the airplay signal cuts out and restarts from beginning. I tried having the iPad plugged in to mains but still seems to be connected to your display auto lock timings. Like one user said i dont want to set auto lock to "never" as will forget to switch back and deplete the battery. At present this is the only solution to prevent airplay signal cutting out.

I’m having the same issue as well. After the last update, 14.2, airplay only works with screen on. This used to work decently but now airplay is useless. My screenlock is controlled by the company IT team so had to tap the screen every 30 seconds to keep the screen alive! Come on Apple, you are better than this. Please fix this issue and stop slowing our old devices and making existing functionality disappear.

hw: apple A1427 and iPhone 8

Funny i have the same problem. When I restart the phone it goes away. I will try with other apps next time to see if it does the same thing. Didnt know it was a youtube problem.

The link you sent does absolutely nothing to help this problem.

I use TIDAL on iphone. Everytime I watch a video and go back to playing audio only and return to video, it does the same.

And I use an Iphone 11 and Apple TV4K with all the latest updates.

This only happens to my youtube app. YoutubeTV, YoutubeMusic, Udemy and others I have tried work fine.

I have the same problem. Seems to be the YouTube app. Temporary solution: “ just use a browser (Safari)”. That way the airplay just continues when you lock the phone.