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TL;DR Some YouTube users on Android say suggested videos are covering the full screen player and blocking the progress bar.
Reports of the issue date back to at least April, with several new complaints surfacing recently.
Google hasn’t publicly acknowledged the problem yet, so it’s unclear whether this is a bug or an intentional UI test.
YouTube’s recommendation algorithm is one of its biggest strengths. Regardless of the topic you’re exploring, the platform does a good job of surfacing more relevant content to watch next. Lately, though, those recommendations appear to be getting a little too aggressive for a large subset of users.
An increasing number of YouTube users on Android are seeing suggested videos appearing over the bottom portion of the player in full screen, essentially obscuring a part of the video and the progress bar, all while making it impossible to scrub through a video.
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I’ve seen a similar UI issue with YouTube on my Pixel 8 as well, and the same goes for my colleague Ryan McNeal. For both of us, the UI inconsistency went away soon after it first appeared. But that temporary nature doesn’t seem to be the case for many others.
Additionally, YouTube representatives are normally quick when it comes to addressing bugs affecting so many users. Even if the company doesn’t get to the fix immediately, it often replies to users on posts gaining traction (one of the Reddit posts has over 300 upvotes) to acknowledge the problem and confirm that it is being investigated. Surprisingly, so far, we haven’t come across any Google/YouTube comments acknowledging the bug.
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