YouTube Auto-Playing Issue after upgrade to iOS 18.1

My phone was doing the same thing BEFORE updating to 18.1.

Experiencing the exact same issue, Youtube starts to randomly play Shorts/Videos even when IPhone is locked. The Youtube App must be open in the Background otherwise the issue does not occur. Very very annoying as it happens randomly throughout the day.

23.11.2024 Issue still persisting

Iphone 14 running iOS 18.1.1. Locked. Charging. Youtube app starts blasting at 6:20 am. From the Lock Screen I tried to pause the video, the touch controls showed it was paused but the sound continued. I open the device and exited the app, still made sound. I had to restart the device to silence it. I echo the concerns in this thread. If I hear the Youtube (a trusted) app, are there other legit apps transmitting info that shouldn't be actively doing this?

I’m still on 17.6.1 and this has been happening to me - once a few nights ago and again just a few minutes ago. All apps were closed and this video just randomly started in the background. As many have already pointed out, I had to open the app and close it again for it to stop.

I started a chat with a YouTube agent. They said to turn off autoplay. They also said no one had reported this issue, which seemed false from what is said in this thread. This is what they recommended:

“Please try the following steps:

1. Delete the app's cache.
2. Make sure your device uses the latest version of the YouTube app.
3. Uninstall and reinstall the YouTube app. Touch and hold the YouTube app icon on the home screen until it starts shaking. Tap the X, which will uninstall the app from your phone. Then, reinstall the app from the App Store. Doing this will delete your downloaded videos from the app. Don't worry. You can always redownload them. This step can help clear any glitches in the app that might be causing this issue.
4. As a final step, try restarting your device by turning it off, then back on.

These steps often do the trick, but if you’re still having issues after trying them, the best way to let the team that design the features that you love is by sending them feedback from the app. Here's how:

1. Tap your account icon in the top right corner of the YouTube app
2. Tap Help & feedback > Send feedback
3. ​Enter a short description of the issue and tap the arrow icon in the top right corner to submit”

It’s almost certainly a bug in the YouTube app.

I don't know if apple is concerned about this but this really really embarrassing when random video plays in a meeting room. Please fix this.

Same here. Happened twice today. That has to be fixed !

has been happening to me as well- youtube shorts for me but like youtube shorts isn't supposed to play in the background in the first place like youtube videos for youtube premium users..

even though my volume isn't on, its boosting its volume, youtube app isn't even opened (in fact, my iPhone is locked) and if I go into my youtube and go under history, there seems to be a video that was "played" which has the corresponding audio that has been playing even though I never watched it. really creepy, its like someone hacked my phone/youtube :P

This just happened to me last night. A random YT short started playing . Woke me up from sleep and scared the **** out of me. How is it that for most people this is occurring at night? This is such non sense, Apple needs to fix this ASAP.

Same for me on 13 pro max

Same with iPhone 13

Same here, creepy as ****. Please make them fix it.

This happens to me almost daily. It's insane that there is an App that is able to just... start playing videos randomly. This needs to be fixed, asap.

Same issue here.