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YouTube is Google's official video app for watching, discovering, subscribing to, creating, and sharing videos across music, gaming, news, learning, Shorts, live streams, and creator channels.
YouTube helps Android users find videos through Home recommendations, search, and voice search entry points. The app is built for everyday viewing across entertainment, education, news, music, gaming, sports, and creator channels, so users can move from quick browsing to deeper watch sessions without switching tools.
Shorts gives YouTube a vertical short-form video experience for quick playback and discovery. Users can move between regular videos, Shorts, channels, live content, and creator updates inside the same app, making it useful for both short breaks and longer viewing sessions.
The Subscriptions tab helps users keep up with channels they follow, while playlists, history, Watch Later, saved content, and downloads help organize videos for later. The You tab brings account-related areas such as history, playlists, downloads, purchases, settings, and channel information into one place.
YouTube supports comments, community activity, casting to TV, and account-based personalization where available. Optional YouTube Premium benefits may include ad-free viewing, offline downloads, background play, and YouTube Music Premium access depending on region, account, and plan availability.
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Verified at: 06/11/2026, 09:54:19 / Scan target: YouTube Android APK 21.23.486
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YouTube 21.23.486 was installed successfully on a Samsung SM-S911U1 running Android 16 with Google Mobile Services present. The APK installed through adb install -r and launched successfully after installation.
Install package source: official website
Package name: com.google.android.youtube
Version: 21.23.486
Version code: 1561176959
Minimum Android requirement: Android 9.0 or higher
Target SDK: 36
APK SHA-256: 2bcffae114d0e54c19152eb3f312de316fd2c5f7bb33e67cee63b739efc32b6b
Signing certificate SHA-256: 3d7a1223019aa39d9ea0e3436ab7c0896bfb4fb679f4de5fe7c23f326c8f994a
Test date: 2026-06-11
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Google Play lists YouTube as containing ads and in-app purchases, and the package declares Billing. No ad popup, in-stream ad, subscription page, checkout page, or local currency price appeared during the tested startup and navigation path.
The startup flow requested notification permission, which was allowed during the test. Android settings showed Notifications allowed, while Camera, Contacts, Location, Microphone, Phone, and Photos and videos were listed as not allowed.
The app opened public browsing areas such as Home and Shorts, while the You tab and some personalized areas use Google account access.
No forced update, extra data package, external redirect, crash, ANR, black screen, white screen, or system-level failure appeared during the tested launch and bottom-navigation path.
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Common questions about downloading, installing, and checking this YouTube APK build.
YouTube for Android is Google's official mobile app for watching, discovering, subscribing to, creating, and sharing videos, including Shorts, live streams, music, gaming, news, learning, and creator channels.
Yes. The official YouTube app is free to install and use, while Google Play lists it as containing ads and in-app purchases. Optional YouTube Premium features may be available depending on region, account, and plan.
Many videos can be browsed and watched without signing in, while personalized areas such as subscriptions, history, playlists, downloads, comments, purchases, and account settings work best with a Google account.
This tested package declares minSdk 28, which means Android 9.0 or higher is required. The tested device was Samsung SM-S911U1 running Android 16.
Yes. Shorts is an official YouTube feature for short-form vertical videos, and the tested Android path opened the Shorts tab with public video playback.
The startup flow requested notification permission, which was allowed during the test. Android settings later showed Notifications allowed, while Camera, Contacts, Location, Microphone, Phone, and Photos and videos were listed as not allowed.
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Updated：06/11/2026
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