Xbox membership required for Youtube app?

Leo Lanier · Jul 13, 2020

I have an xbox 360. It is now refusing to let us watch anything on the Youtube application without purchasing an xbox live membership. I already made an xbox or microsoft account to even get the app downloaded, now I gotta pay to watch an app that was
previously free? When I sign in, it lets us into the app, then signs out the account and throws up a purchase ad for an xbox membership. So, Covid makes us stay home or lose our jobs and microsoft wants to capitalize on it?

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Gavin (PyroANTIC)

Gold Membership is the old requirement to use YouTube on the Xbox. Gold Membership is also a requirement for all apps, but some, such as Netflix, will also require a subscription with them.

You don't actually need a 12-Month Gold Membership, any Gold Membership will do, and you can use apps like YouTube during the membership.

StuartATrueRed

Microsoft removed the gold requirement a few years back. Make sure the YouTube app and console is up to date, and try the app again.

davemcfly85

most of the apps like Netflix, Youtube, etc require a gold membership for them to work.

eG x Thee Elf

Nismo,

That is correct. YouTube does requirement an active Xbox Live Gold Membership. For a list of other apps that require it, you can view
this list.

onyxishere

Youtube may be a free service but the bandwidth that xbox supplies for people to access the service is not. This is the reason that most apps require a gold membership in order to access them.

Xbox membership required for Youtube app?