Some users are reporting YouTube and YouTube TV apps crashing on Apple TV
It doesn’t seem like much time goes by without YouTube TV crashing on Apple TV, and the current update is creating havoc once more, with users reporting crashing difficulties with both YouTube TV and YouTube.
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YouTube TV has been failing for many Apple TV users for the past week or so, with no apparent explanation. The software fails at irregular intervals while in use, suddenly returning users to the home screen. Several customers have attempted reboots, reinstalls, resets, and even rolling back to prior tvOS versions in an attempt to resolve the issue, but have been unsuccessful. It’s not difficult to discover afflicted people, with reports on Reddit, Twitter, and elsewhere.
Other people claim similar problems using the ordinary YouTube app on Apple TV, although such reports aren’t as common. The problems appeared around a week ago, not long after Google revealed the commencement of a new server-side upgrade for YouTube TV for Apple TV. It’s unclear whether the two are directly related, but it would be a strange coincidence if they weren’t.
While there is no simple solution to this situation, YouTube has acknowledged that work is being done to resolve the issue and that the major device impacted is Apple’s first-generation Apple TV 4K. A memory leak appears to be the source of the crashing issue for YouTube’s TV applications on Apple TV.
The crashing problem has come at a bad time for YouTube TV, as the service is now one of the best sites to watch the NCAA “March Madness” tournament, which concluded over the weekend with UConn winning the National Championship.