You Tube - This account can't be used - Or Incorrect password

Well played sir/madam!

Thanks for all the work ....

tried all you mentioned and still doesn't work for new apple tv. However exact same procedure did work for ipad2.

Also can't sign into netflix app or hulu+.

Thank you so much. I came across this and was able to restore my access. I NEVER would have figured this out myself. Why do they always make everything so hard?

Thank you! Was extremely helpful :-)

Very helpful...thanks for posting this!

Awesome, worked for me. Thanks heaps for posting this. 🙂

Thank you!! 🙂

Thanks for sharing!! Very helpful!!!

Painstaking but it worked well on me. Thanks for sharing....🙂

It was the last part that did it for me. Who knew you had to use your actual password first, THEN use the ASP. Ugh, annoying. Fix this Apple, please.

Thanks for that post. Thorough and helpful. I'm grateful.

Not sure what I did, but I managed to get the apple tv to work without the 2 step verification.

I tried everything discussed and it continued to fail with 'this account can't be used (I was selecting the "sign in" link at the bottom of the youtube menu). After about 3 hours of cursing getting nowhere, I eventually picked my account (again, the last youtube menu item that it still remembered as being the account but it wasn't connecting) and said "forget all accounts" (or delete all accounts or something like that), went back to the first level menu, painfully searched for a video I started watching on my tablet (the only point of signing in was to have access to my "watch later" videos). At some point when it was done the video, there was an option there that required I was signed in. I tried that link, signing in with my regular google email address and with my regular google password and it worked first try.

I think apple is trying to do something it's not supposed to be doing when you do what you'd naturally be inclined to do (click the "log in" option), and the trick might be to watch a video and then when allowed to login from there, follow that. I did NOT recall seeing a vertical line separating the key entry pad on the left from the login / password display on the right for the login screen that did NOT work, but I DO recall seeing one for the login screen that DID work.

I know the firmware for the apple tv was the most recent as of about a month ago... and it probably still is.

If somebody else is having trouble, please try that and see if it works. I don't know if what I did was a good way to login (or it it's permanent), but I did manage WITHOUT the 2 step verification.

Message was edited by: pegaudet Should have added that I tried the "go into youtube settings, do this, do that, then go in to your google settings and turn on 2 step verification, then go and create an application password, etc".... I did that, but when it still failed, I left the youtube settings the way they were, and turned off the 2 step verification... it was the "other" login method that worked for me.

I had this same problem. Worked perfectly on Apple TV3 on my first attempt. Thanks for this! 🙂

In order to sign in to YouTube on Apple TV, you only have to log in to your Google account on a computer or device that you can access it from, and igenerate an app-specific password (account > security > app passwords) that you can then use to login on your Apple TV. (the process described above is not necessary but 2-step authentication is a great protection for your google account so do turn it on ..)

The big caveat with YouTube on Apple TV is that you cannot access your purchases through the YouTube app on Apple TV. To watch Google Play content on your TV, you will need to connect your computer/device directly to the TV with an HDMI cable. Or, you know, buy a chromecast or whatever else plays google stuff.

Content wars = super lame.

Thank you. Very helpful.