Before asking or posting anything, please read the first and second posts.Always check the official Vanced website or XDA thread when downloading. Other sites are fake, contain advertisements (possibly even malware), and have older versions.
Vanced is a well-known modded version of the YouTube app with many features such as ad-blocking and background playback. Vanced also offers some extra features to enhance the user experience. The entire list is available below:Features:
- Vanced IS NOT YouTube Premium
- Blocks all YouTube ADs (some options are togglable)
- Background playback feature
- Force VP9(or HDR) or vice versa
- Override Max Resolution
- Casting togglable (can be forced off)
- Togglable Theme (White/Dark or White/Black)
- Picture-in-Picture mode(PIP) (Android 8.0+)
- Video window new or old style
- Repeat video feature
- Preferred Resolution & Speed feature
- Swipe controls for Volume and Brightness
- Sponsorblock integration
- Return YouTube dislike integration (ALPHA)
- Tap to seek feature
- Copy video link + with timestamps feature
- New Logo by @Logan
- [Optional] Detach YouTube from play store for Root users
INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS:
Since YouTube v14.41.52, Google has moved to split APKs format. The Android package installer doesn't support Split apks yet, so we are now using Vanced manager for installing all vanced apps. The steps to use the vanced manager are below:
Especially for MIUI, there's a separate guide that can be accessed using this link. For all other devices, please follow below:
For Non-Root:
- Install Vanced Manager
- Open Vanced Manager and tap the blue arrow in the lower right corner.
- Begin installing Vanced microG. (Without which you won't be able to install Vanced (or Music Vanced) or use login)
- Then install Vanced (or Music Vanced), log in to your account and enjoy!
- Install Vanced Manager
- Open Vanced manager and tap on the "Magisk" icon to grant root permissions.
- Once you are in, begin installing Vanced (or Music Vanced).
Important information:
- We replaced our root installation with vanced manager, which directly mounts vanced on top of Youtube in the /data/app directory, making it easier and faster than before.
- Vanced will not block ads while casting since when you use the casting feature, it doesn't send the video from your phone to the Chromecast/TV. Instead, your phone acts like a remote controller for the youtube app in your Chromecast/TV. That is why the advertisement is displayed.
- Purchasing items in the non-root version of the app will not work as microG doesn't support it. Hence, it is preferable to use the original YouTube app or using the web version for any purchase.
- If your videos are lagging or the application starts to crash while watching live videos, please enable VP9 codec from codec override present under vanced settings. Google forced the ExoPlayer v2, which is highly experimental and unstable on unsupported devices.
- YouTube has dropped support for Android 5 (Lollipop) with v17.xx.xx. Hence, the minimum supported version is now Android 6 and above.
Known bugs:
- Swipe down gesture for refreshing home feed breaks randomly. It's an issue with litho that only Google can fix. There's nothing we can do to fix it. (Tap here to learn more)
- As of v16.16.38, casting won't work due to an upstream microG bug. (Tap here to learn more)
- On portrait/vertical videos, preferred quality options do not work.
- Swipe controls triggers when swiping either upwards or downwards to scroll through description or in live chat when in landscape mode.
- On new action bar layouts(server-sided feature), the new toggles won't work.
- Info cards toggle is broken (Temp fix: Disable it through your Google account settings. This setting disables info cards everywhere.)
- App crashes with
java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerErrorwhile playing some video outside of vanced. - Manual codec override is broken and very experimental.
- Some users might face geographical ads on YouTube Shorts tab.
- SponsorBlock segments at the end of videos in playlists causes playback on the next video to start where the previous one ended.
Social links
- Vanced official Website: https://vancedapp.com
- Telegram Channel: https://telegram.me/vanced
- Discord Server: https://vancedapp.com/discord
- GitHub Repository: https://github.com/TeamVanced
- Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Vanced/
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