Apple TV 3 freezes when pausing a YouTube video.

Apple TV 3 freezes when pausing a YouTube video.

Apple TV 3, 8

Posted on Nov 21, 2020 1:12 PM

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Posted on Nov 21, 2020 2:14 PM

It's a known issue with 7.6 and 7.61 and currently no firmware update has been released.

If you search 'YouTube' in the Apple TV Hardware threads you will find similar posts.


Google/YouTube has acknowledged they are aware of the issue, but Apple has, as far as I'm aware, not commented as yet.

While older firmware can be reloaded into an Apple TV3, it will simply update again so I wouldn't bother.

The issue is purely when pausing a video. If you can avoid using pause at the moment it won't freeze.

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Nov 21, 2020 2:14 PM in response to lwewing

It's a known issue with 7.6 and 7.61 and currently no firmware update has been released.

If you search 'YouTube' in the Apple TV Hardware threads you will find similar posts.


Google/YouTube has acknowledged they are aware of the issue, but Apple has, as far as I'm aware, not commented as yet.

While older firmware can be reloaded into an Apple TV3, it will simply update again so I wouldn't bother.

The issue is purely when pausing a video. If you can avoid using pause at the moment it won't freeze.

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Apple TV 3 freezes when pausing a YouTube video.

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