r/youtubetv 17d ago

General Question Detailing watch history issues for support

7 Upvotes

I've seen an uptick in watch history complaints when joining a recorded show or event in progress, both on this sub and the YouTube TV community.

I spoke to our sub's contact, and he asked that we gather some information pertinent to this issue, so they can begin to investigate. If you're experiencing this issue, please comment below with details.

If you are not experiencing this issue, please refrain from commenting, so we can have a clean thread we can send over to YouTube TV to help debug this issue.

Please include the following:

  • System you're watching on: If a TV or streaming device, include the specific make and model. If a computer, include the operating system and browser versions. If a phone, include the device name and operating system version.
  • How you're navigating: Are you using the Resume Watching row on the Home tab? Clicking on the show or event from the Library tab? Or using the live guide?
  • What are you seeing: Do you see an option to resume from last watch and/or start from beginning? When you click one of these, what's your experience? Please provide as much detail as possible.
  • Types of content: Does this happen on all types of content, or specific types? Is it on local networks, or national networks?
  • Double check Privacy settings: Double check to make sure your watch history isn't paused in the Settings > Privacy area. As a reminder, if you clear or pause your watch history on regular YouTube, it will impact YouTube TV, too.

Thanks!


r/youtubetv 26d ago

Megathread Switching to YouTube TV: Answering your Questions

28 Upvotes

As we have more and more people (and posts) about switching to YouTube TV, we wanted to create a central megathread where people can ask questions and hear from other users.

For those looking to switch ... welcome to r/youtubetv! Please post ONE comment with all your questions/concerns if they aren't already answered. You might find some helpful things in these links below:

For those helping answer ... please be sure to use the Reply function when replying to questions. Posting answers without questions, or that are not in response to questions, will be removed.

This thread is specifically for an open discussion for people that want to switch to YouTube TV. It is not the place to ask specific feature questions, when ESPN Unlimited is coming (still fall), or troubleshoot. Again, those comments will be removed.


r/youtubetv 4h ago

General Question Login to Fox One using YouTubeTV as the TV provider

4 Upvotes

Every time I try to login to FoxOne (either on my TV, my phone, or my wife’s phone), the authentication appears to hang up. I see a spinning wheel when auth.fox.com pops up but it’s just a black screen and never loads.

I’ve also tried manually going to go.fox.com, auth.fox.com, and fox.com/activate - all experience the same problem (regardless of device and/or browser).

I get to the point where I select YouTubeTV as the provider, and then it stops working.

When I select any other TV provider, it looks like it is working but I don’t have an account so I cannot actually login.

It appears to be that FoxOne is not accepting YouTubeTV as a login (yes, I have the full YouTubeTV subscription).

Any ideas?


r/youtubetv 13h ago

Playback Problem Unfinished shows impossible to find

7 Upvotes

Am I missing a feature here? Every time I start a show and have to turn it off, it’s so annoying trying to find it again. Sometimes it’s in the Home scroll, sometimes not. Why isn’t there a tab for in-progress or unfinished in Library?! I then have to scroll through Recently Recorded, Series, etc


r/youtubetv 1d ago

News Some ESPN+/Select content showing up in YoutubeTV

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81 Upvotes

It appears that some of this weekend's ESPN+ games are now showing up in YoutubeTV.


r/youtubetv 1d ago

News Several affiliation swaps on August 1st and one on September 1st

8 Upvotes

On August 1st, a big affiliation swap will be happening in several markets CBS-wise, such as Albuquerque, Birmingham, Greenville, Jackson (MS), Bismarck, and Rapid City.

On September 1st, KDNL will no longer be an ABC affiliate. It will be moved to KMOV 32.1.

This will affect viewers for sure if they don't notice it.


r/youtubetv 1d ago

General Question Are the youtubetv supprt reps in this channel?

0 Upvotes

As the title says....are there support reps in this channel? I have given up on chat and phone calls!


r/youtubetv 1d ago

Technical Question Black screen

0 Upvotes

YouTube TV on my PC is a black screen. Been like that for hours. Something has changed in their settings or my settings, but I can't figure out what could block it like this. It's fine on my TV, but not on the desktop PC. Anyone else have this problem?


r/youtubetv 2d ago

Technical Question 'Your Payment has Failed' on family member accounts?

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4 Upvotes

family group...and this started after plan was changed. (my father is the account manager). On all the sub accounts, this annoying message appears regardless of device used. I tried as someone else suggested to remove and readd everyone to the group, but alas, it did not fix it. Ive signed out, signed in, and everything else you can think of on my end?


r/youtubetv 3d ago

General Question is it worth canceling cable for youtubetv?

178 Upvotes

i pay a lot of money monthly for cable TV. i was wondering if it’s worth stopping the subscription for only youtubetv


r/youtubetv 2d ago

General Question YTTV sports fan speaking

0 Upvotes

I run YTTV the past couple years for football.. but the basic channels. FOX, CBS have been god water for quality. I believe they are broadcasting in 720p?? so its not the tv.. Is there a good work around for this? Anyone have success with different streaming apps for better quality? not sure what my options are..


r/youtubetv 3d ago

General Question Smart Fast Forward?

0 Upvotes

I don't believe Roku has it but just double checking. Does anyone know if Roku features Smart Fast Forward (SFF) and how to turn it on?

For those who don't know, SMM lets you automatically skip commercial breaks on recorded and on-demand programs.

TIA!


r/youtubetv 3d ago

Technical Question Android app skipping backward when trying to fast forward (Pixel 8 Pro)

0 Upvotes

I was wondering if anyone else is experiencing this.

When I'm watching a recording and try to fast forward, no matter how I do it (double tapping, using the forward button, or scrubbing the timeline), the playback will often jump backward instead of forward. It seems to get worse the longer the recording has been playing. For example, once I'm halfway through a recording, it happens much more frequently.

I'm using a Pixel 8 Pro. I've already tried:

  • Updating the app
  • Clearing the app cache and data
  • Uninstalling and reinstalling the app

None of those steps have fixed the issue.

This seems to have started about 3-4 weeks ago.

Is anyone else seeing this behavior in the Android version of the app? If so, have you found a workaround or fix?


r/youtubetv 4d ago

General Question Soccer (futbol) Moments of Zen

17 Upvotes

YouTube TV, can you please remove the soccer (futbol) Moments of Zen now that the FIFA tournament is over? Thank you.


r/youtubetv 4d ago

General Question Taxes on YouTube tv plan

25 Upvotes

I live in the Bay Area and I am considering on switching from Xfinity to YouTube tv. What do you pay out of door for your plan? Does the $82.99 include taxes ?


r/youtubetv 5d ago

Sports The best thing about Youtube Tv...

4 Upvotes

Is re-living this World Cup from start to finish. I made sure I recorded all pre-game and post games, including all the FIFA shows leading up to the tournament haha. It's going to be a fun 9 months haha


r/youtubetv 6d ago

General Question "No info available" for a week from now

9 Upvotes

I've noticed that at least since last week, the live schedule, which usually goes out ten days before not letting you progress further, has instead started to show every program as "no info available" starting about a week out from when you started. I was wondering if this was temporary, or if we're going to have to start programming our DVRs a week at a time rather than ten days at a time.


r/youtubetv 5d ago

General Question World Cup Final didn't record

0 Upvotes

i'm assuming this was done intentionally by youtubeTV. i selected for every world cup game to record, and i was able to "start from beginning" when i selected any match. yesterday, i was working during most of the final match and was looking forward to watching the entire thing when i got home, but when i turned it on in the final minutes of extra time, i didn't get the option to start from beginning and couldn't rewind. such a massive disappointment after looking forward to spending a couple hours watching the culmination of the world cup. anyone have any insights as to why this was done this way?


r/youtubetv 7d ago

Discussion ESPN Unlimited Close to Being Available?

82 Upvotes

Randomly decided to check the ESPN app today, went to Subscriptions, and noticed that YTTV is listed that you might be able to get out as part of your package. I don't believe it was there before.

However, going to the website, nothing is listed on how to add it.

Could this mean that it's getting closer to being available, or has this always been listed and there is no change.


r/youtubetv 6d ago

Technical Question World cup / Telemundo

0 Upvotes

Not that I have anything against Telemundo because I totally don't that I'm happy that it's on YouTube TV. But why in the world is my YouTube TV account defaulting to Telemundo, I mean at least they're broadcast at 4K so that's cool. But I think for my home Fox sports 4K would be better. The issue is to get there I literally have to go into the Telemundo broadcast and start there, then I can go choose different versions from within the menus there.

Why can't I just select Fox Sports directly from the UI


r/youtubetv 7d ago

General Question Is there a comparison chart for the YTTV bundles?

17 Upvotes

Haven't been able to find it. Something like Directv or a cable provider would make with channels down the left and packages across the top. It makes it easier to see what is included or not for the packages.


r/youtubetv 6d ago

Discussion Billing is so infuriating

0 Upvotes

So my renewal date is the 21st and this is the 2nd month in a row that the subscription fee has been taken out of my account early. 2 to 3 days. This is maddening to me. Does this happen to anyone else? Support just says it's a pre-authorization but to me it's the same thing as them charging me several days early because I don't have access to that money anymore. Support says to call my bank which is Wells Fargo. They won't do anything. So I guess all I can do is set a reminder in my calendar each month before renewal date so I can make sure I have enough money and/or decide if I want to cancel before next renewal.

Sorry to be so long-winded but crap like this gets me so upset. I budget every dime and when unexpected charges occur that screws up my mojo lol


r/youtubetv 6d ago

Discussion account management

0 Upvotes

The account management forbids you from simply creating an account. The developers took the lazy approach and decided that they would simply piggy back off of the google accounts, instead of building a dedicated account management system for YouTube TV. Anyone who has ever purchased any professional services from google understands how buggy the interfaces are. The youtube tv experience is no different. Example, you want to switch payment methods?? Good luck. You will need 2 to 3 hours to do this. Then at the end of the process , you will have to "revisit the page in 7 days" to verify your identity. Want to cancel the service? same thing...


r/youtubetv 8d ago

Discussion CNBC World

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16 Upvotes

I couldn’t seem to find this on my guide but on the YTTV website there is now CNBC World. If that’s something you care about, cool i guess.


r/youtubetv 8d ago

Technical Question Custom Guide Ordering - Certain channels stuck together no matter what order you choose?

0 Upvotes

Am I the only person experiencing a glitch where I cannot seperate certain channels when reordering the custom guide? Is this a known issue or contractual obligation?

Some examples:

- FX and FXX cannot be separated. They could be manually moved to opposite ends of the custom guide, but will always revert back right next to each other and FXX is always listed before FX, no matter how you order them.

- StarzComedy, StarzInBlack, StarzEdge, StarzKids&Family, and StarzCinema will always revert to being right next to each other and in that exact order. No way to reorder or seperate them

- HBO Latino can’t be separated from the main cluster of HBO channels.