Weird problem in latest YouTube version

By Luke, 29 March, 2016

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iOS and iPadOS

Ever since upgrading to the latest YouTube version on my iPhone 6, a strange problem is occurring. When I'm scrolling through lists of videos, such as search results or my subscription feed, I'll hear VoiceOver repeat titles of previously announced videos in the list. For example, we'll call the first video in the search results "video A," the next one "video B" and so on. As I flick right through the first four videos in the list, I'd expect to traverse through video A, B, C and D, but I end up hearing more like: video A, B, C and A again. Does this make sense? It's so odd it's hard to explain. Now, say I double tap the incorrectly announced video A duplicate. Video D in fact plays, so this is indeed a VoiceOver glitch. The same happens if I touch the desired video in the list instead of flicking.

Anyone with me on this one?

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By TamagotchiTune on Friday, March 25, 2016 - 22:20

I'm having that same problem with youtube. Another problem is even when I'm sure I'm tapping the right video it gives me a completely different video.

By Hubert on Friday, March 25, 2016 - 22:20

Hi,
I'm glad I'm not the only one experiencing this, I thought something wasn't right when I was browsing through a channel and kept seeing the same videos no matter how many pages down I apparently went with VoiceOver, I kept seeing the same titles. I don't get it all the time, but I've been getting it in the latest update mostly in my subscriptions section, and when browsing through a videos section of a specific channel.

By Luke on Friday, March 25, 2016 - 22:20

It seems Google always breaks VoiceOver compatibility with each YouTube update! I've learned my lesson; once we get the next stable version, I'm not updating it again until absolutely forced to. lol

By Piotr Machacz on Friday, March 25, 2016 - 22:20

Youtube was just updated, and the changelog specifically mentions a fix for this problem.

By Luke on Friday, March 25, 2016 - 22:20

Thanks for the info. Updated it and will give it a shot right now.

By Toonhead on Friday, March 25, 2016 - 22:20

I normally use Youplayer for my Youtube stuff, but I still have the native Youtube app around in case something breaks. I also saw the changelog mention VoiceOver specificly, so they are listening. Next time someone gets a bug up their ass about a company not caring about VoiceOver users, just look at the changelog and realize that yes, we really are on people's radar screens. This is cool.