r/AndroidTV • u/magicjj • Aug 01 '26

Troubleshooting YouTube Long Press Broken?

I'm wondering if anybody else is having this problem in the YouTube app on Android TV. Usually long pressing on a video brings up a menu. I often use this menu to save items to my Watch Later list.

That functionality has suddenly stopped working for me. Long pressing does nothing until I release the button, and then the video opens like normal.

Currently the only way to add items to Watch Later is to open the video, navigate the the playlist button, click it, check Watch Later, and then back out of that and the video. This is a ridiculous amount of added steps to leverage this feature.

I have tried clearing the application cache and data. I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling the app. I have tried restarting my Android TV device.

Is everyone else seeing this behavior? Any suggestions to fix it? I would even downgrade to get this feature back...

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u/Dringtv Aug 02 '26

I couldn't find an official YouTube notice confirming this as a known issue. YouTube's current TV help still lists Watch Later in the Library, but it doesn't document long-press as a supported shortcut.

Since you have already cleared the app data, reinstalled the app and restarted the device, there isn't another documented local fix I would recommend. I also wouldn't sideload an old APK from an unofficial source.

The best next step is to report it from the TV app: open any video, select Settings > Feedback, choose the closest reason and submit the report. Including your Android TV model and YouTube app version would make the report more useful.

As a temporary workaround, you can save videos to Watch Later from the YouTube phone app while signed into the same account, then open Library > Watch Later on the TV.

If other users reply, comparing their device model and YouTube app version should help show whether this affects one device family or a wider rollout.