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YouTube on old Android (feddit.org)

submitted 3 months ago by Onomatopoetikum@feddit.org to c/techsupport@lemmy.world

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Hello everyone,

my neighbor got an old Samsung Tablet with Android 4.1.X, he primarily wants to use it for watching YouTube. Now, the problem is, the YouTube-App needs to be upgraded, but the Play Store says the device is not compatible. I have tried to just load YouTube in the browser, but the page just doesn't seem to load. Any ideas on how to get that running? Thanks in advance!

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[–] Auster@lemm.ee 4 points 3 months ago

Android 4.1 is super old, so getting anything still updated to run on it could be complicated. And because of that, I have maybe two or so ideas, but I can't ensure their viability. First, to replace the phone's Android system for a newer one. Second, to try to use a custom player, like Revanced or Grayjay. And as an extension of the second idea, if no programs you can find work, to try to manually compile them against the latest API version that supports Android 4.1.