Youtube stopped working on xbox 360

rstager · Dec 17, 2019

In the past couple of months the youtube app has been steadily getting more flakey.

When I open the app:

- Sometimes it just goes to a black screen & I have to turn the xbox off & back on

- Sometimes it opens youtube but none of the video thumbnails render on the screen

- Sometime after repeated attempts it will render the video thumbnails & work, sometimes it will quit right in the middle of a video

I tried clearing the xbox 360 cache with no improvement.

I then reformatted the hard drive & downloaded youtube and amazon video again. After doing this there was no improvement and now when I open the youtube app it just goes to a black screen & that's it.

I've reviewed the other posts about problems with the youtube app on xbox 360 & the support is pathetic & useless.

I will start exploring my other non-Microsoft options to watch the content that I find edifying and choose to watch.

:)

rstager

Oh, & the amazon video app works fine, my network connection is reliable and we never have a problem being on it all day for work.

CrazY1985

are you sure your xbox is connected to the internet? And does your account has xbox live gold?

StuartATrueRed

Check if you can access the website using the internet explorer app, if you can, then at least you can still use youtube on the console. It's possible that Google has retired the Xbox 360 youtube app, and if that is the case then it will no longer work.
Have a look on the youtube support site, they might have more info about this issue for you.

Having checked the youtube support site, they state this:

"If you see the error message “YouTube isn’t available right now,” it may be because your internet connection is slow."

Below are some tips to help solve the problem:

Check or reset your internet connection.
Contact your ISP to increase your internet speed.
Restart your Xbox.
Restart the YouTube app.

Here is the link in case you want it https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/3013407?hl=en&ref_topic=9257416

DesignerBeef63

My media remote has stopped working, but only in certain apps. It works fine otherwise but will not navigate: Youtube, Netflix or XBox fit. Anyone else?

killedbycandis

The status page says the problem is resolved but the app is still not working. All I get is the "no videos available" message. I've deleted the app, reinstalled and nothing changes. It's annoying that MS considers the problem "solved" when it's clearly not.

Youtube stopped working on xbox 360