I am the tech guy of my friend group. I have to solve this problem. It was working fine for him yesterday. Now it decides it can’t play after 3 seconds. Interesting. I suppose this will be a learning thing. My phone works just fine with it, but mine’s not a Samsung. Hopefully I’ll find useful solutions I can post below. It seems a lot of Samsung users (again, not me) are having this problem. Here goes nothing.
Here’s the fancy AI overview.
If YouTube isn’t playing on your Samsung phone, the most likely culprits are a poor internet connection, an outdated YouTube app, issues with your device settings, or a problem with the app itself; try restarting your phone, checking your internet connection, updating the YouTube app, or even reinstalling it completely.
- Check your internet connection: Ensure you have a stable Wi-Fi or cellular data connection.
- Restart your phone: Sometimes a simple restart can resolve temporary glitches.
- Update the YouTube app: Go to the Google Play Store and check if there are any updates available for the YouTube app.
- Clear the YouTube app cache: Go to your phone settings, find the YouTube app, and clear its cache.
- Reinstall the YouTube app: If updates don’t help, uninstall the YouTube app and then reinstall it from the Play Store.
- Check your date and time settings: Make sure your phone’s date and time are set automatically.
- Check for system updates: Ensure your phone is running the latest software version.
- Close and reopen the app: Sometimes simply closing and reopening the YouTube app can fix playback issues.
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