Google bans Amazon gadgets from accessing YouTube

[Sai Jai]

Now we will have to cast youtube from our phone to FireTv.

Oh bro

 

[sumitroy]

Now we will have to cast youtube from our phone to FireTv.

casting youtube is only possible if the phone supports miracast
cast button (which is present in youtube app) doesn't work if tv or device doesn't have the youtube app installed

 

[Optimus_Prime]

Not exactly bro.. Now we will have to cast youtube from our phone to FireTv.
FireTv still much better option than Chromecast.

how? if we don't have youtube app on fires stick?

 

[Ritesh]

I hope they only remove the app from Firetv store and do not remove the cast option from Youtube app on android. This is how it will work..

 

[Bapun]

I enjoy youtube on my android tv very much. This is indeed sad news for fire tv stick users, recently only they had started selling it in India and this happened now.

 

[sumitroy]

I hope they only remove the app from Firetv store and do not remove the cast option from Youtube app on android. This is how it will work..

It doesn't work that way, Bro. If you remove youtube app from tv or device you can't use the cast option which is available on youtube app android.

 

[Sarkar]

Amazon has just responded to Google’s decision to remove YouTube from all Fire TV products and the Echo Show. “Google is setting a disappointing precedent by selectively blocking customer access to an open website,” a spokesperson told The Verge by email. “We hope to resolve this with Google as soon as possible.” YouTube is being pulled from the Show effective immediately, and Fire TV owners will lose out on the popular, essential video streaming app on January 1st.

“Echo Show and Fire TV now display a standard web view of YouTube.com and point customers directly to YouTube’s existing website,” the Amazon spokesperson said. But sources familiar with Google’s position say the company takes issue with Amazon overlaying its own voice controls on top of YouTube. That violates section 4b of YouTube’s terms of service, which reads “you agree not to alter or modify any part of the service.”

Google and Amazon are punishing their own customers in a bitter feud

 

[Optimus_Prime]

It doesn't work that way, Bro. If you remove youtube app from tv or device you can't use the cast option which is available on youtube app android.

I also think so, app is necessary

 

[Siva]

Nope app should not be needed on device for casting. They are no way related.

 

[sumitroy]

Nope app should not be needed on device for casting. They are no way related.

they are related. Use your phone, tablet, or computer with Chromecast and other devices - YouTube Help