YouTube is an app that many of us take for granted, it seems to be available on virtually every electronic device from smartphones and tablets to gaming consoles and smart televisions. According to an updated support document, though, the range of supported devices will shrink a little from the end of April thanks to the retirement of YouTube’s old Data API.
YouTube’s old Data API will start shutting down from April 20th. The range of devices that will be unable to access the YouTube app include selected devices manufactured in 2012 or earlier. The list includes:
Sony TVs & Blu-ray Discs, Panasonic TVs & Blu-ray Discs, older iOS devices, and devices running older versions of Google TV.
The support document does offer a few solutions if you own one of the affected devices. If you have a Google TV device running version 3 or 4, you can simply upgrade the YouTube app via the Google Play app. Google TV devices running version 1 or 2 are sadly out of luck.
If your smart TV or game console has a web browser that supports Flash or HTML 5, you should be able to carry on using viewing the site’s content simply by visiting YouTube.com.
This also affects our friends using Apple devices. If, for some reason, you are using an Apple TV version 2 or older, you are also out of luck. iOS devices with version 7 or above can simply update the YouTube app or visit m.youtube.com via the browser.
It’s always a bummer when your device gets kicked to the kerb, buts it’s the price of progress, I guess. One positive is that it gives you a reason to go out and buy a shiny new gadget, and that’s a great excuse to have, isn’t it?
Source: YouTube
Via: AndroidCentral
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