YouTube is planning to stop supporting its YouTube app on Apple TV’s third generation models, where YouTube has long been available as a channel option.
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AN 9to5Mac The reader received a message about the discontinuation of the application, scheduled to take place in March.
As of early March, the YouTube app will no longer be available on Apple TV (3rd generation). You can still watch YouTube on Apple TV 4K, Apple TV HD, iPhone or iPad. With AirPlay, you can also stream YouTube from your iOS device directly to any Apple TV (3rd generation or later).
Third generation Apple TV owners will no longer be able to watch YouTube directly on Apple TV after the app is extinguished, but YouTube content can be played by AirPlay to Apple TV from a iPhone or iPad, a less convenient method.
This discontinuation is only applicable to third generation Apple TVs, as YouTube stopped supporting second generation Apple TV models in 2015. Fourth and fifth generation Apple TV models were not affected as these models have access to the App Store tvOS, which is not available on the third generation “Apple TV”.