As we all know the official Youtube Client is loaded with ads. Even while watching our favourite videos we often see an advertisement which is quite annoying. However, until recently, many users used YouTube Vanced to tackle this problem but the project got discontinued right after Google sent a cease and desist letter to the team.The team has completely shut down the app’s development and taken down all the download links. So if you are a Vanced user and are looking for new alternatives that can offer youtube premium features then we have got you covered as we bring you the best open source youtube alternative that will save you from wasting your time watching the advertisements. So, keep reading till the end.
YouTube Vanced was an extremely popular third-party YouTube Client that offered YouTube Premium features for free. With the Vanced, the users were able to watch video without any ads and play it in PiP or background mode.Recently, it also integrated Sponsor-Block and Youtube Dislikes which allowed users to skip sponsors in the video and bring back dislikes count. However,the app is no longer available to download on its official website and the development have been completely shut down with no hope of coming back.
''Vanced is discontinued for "legal reasons" as vanced was infringing the logo and branding of the original YouTube app as the logo resembles the original logo in a similar way and was used without taking prior permission from Google for using the branding.
We were also asked to remove all links for the distribution of any vanced apps that led to the decision of discontinuation.'' - Vanced Team
''Vanced is discontinued for "legal reasons" as vanced was infringing the logo and branding of the original YouTube app as the logo resembles the original logo in a similar way and was used without taking prior permission from Google for using the branding.
We were also asked to remove all links for the distribution of any vanced apps that led to the decision of discontinuation.'' - Vanced Team
- NewPipe
NewPipe, in my opinion is the best alternative available to Vanced currently. Newpipe is an Open-Source Youtube client that enables its users to watch ad-free YouTube content on their android devices for free. It is completely independent of Google services that makes universal i.e it can be installed on any device running on android regardless availability of Google services eg Huawei phones.
Features
You can check more on it at GitHub.
Downloads: Newpipe
Bonus: You can also check fork of this project which integrate sponblock feature in it from here
Screenshots:
Features
- Free And Open-Source
- Completely Ad-free
- Allows Importing Youtube Subscriptions to Newpipe
- Easily import and export your local subscriptions from other devices
- Download Videos and Audio and Store them locally
- Light-Weight
- PiP and Background Player
- The only disadvantage it comes with is inablility to allow users to sign in with google to sync data without hassle which can be good as well as bad for some users as most switching to Newpipe will have to go through a process to import the data.
You can check more on it at GitHub.
Downloads: Newpipe
Bonus: You can also check fork of this project which integrate sponblock feature in it from here
Screenshots:
Author
--Anurag
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