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How to Fix Black Screen Issues on YouTube TV?

There are huge benefits of using YouTube TV, but also there are some major issues customers face while using the YouTube TV whether it’s on the TV or any smart Device One common problem most customer face Black Screen Issues on YouTube TV. YouTube TV is the leading cable-free service providing 85+ Networks all over the United States and Canada. YouTube TV operates under Google Inc. (Formerly Alphabet Inc.) providing a huge network and chains of different channels and programs covering most of the regions in North America.

Here are some major technical issues

Getting a Black screen on YouTube TV
YouTube TV Playback error
YouTube TV app crashing on the TV
Buffering issue on YouTube TV

While it depends on various factors and circumstances why one sees getting a black screen on the YouTube TV app, it is annoying sometimes when you are watching your favorite show or an important match and a black screen appears out of nowhere on the TV, most of the times and restart of the tv can help but if it occurs frequently its time to do some checks and make some changes.

YouTube TV works on almost all smart devices at your home including TVs, computers, iPads, phones, and tablets. Different solutions are depending on the device one is using to watch YouTube TV.

The first thing is to check if your internet is working fine, sometimes there is a circular buffer seems like YouTube TV is showing a black screen on the TV can be caused by the internet not working properly or due to slow internet speed if this is the case Contact your internet service provider (ISP) and inform them about it.

YouTube TV shows black screens on TV

Here are a few steps to fix the black screen issue on YouTube TV depending on the brand of the TV one is using:

While using a smart TV:
Select the YouTube TV icon.
Hold it down for 3 seconds
Click on Uninstall the app
Reinstall the app from the application store
Go to tv.youtube.com/start on a computer or phone browser
Enter the code and activate.

If the problem persists, look for the app update. Outdated versions of the app can create Different issues, it also cause the crashing of the app unexpectedly.

While using a streaming device

Get YouTube TV black screen error on Firestick

Press the home button on the Firestick controller
Click on the top right of the settings
Select the applications and click on “Manage Installed applications”
Select YouTube tv
Click on Clear Cache and clear the data
Go to “YouTube TV”
Visit tv.youtube.com/start
Enter the code and activate

Getting a YouTube TV black screen error on Roku

Select the YouTube TV application
click the “options” button on the Roku remote
Select “Clear Data” and “Clear Cache”
Open “The YouTube TV” application
Go to tv.youtube.com/start on a computer or phone browser
Enter the code and activate

*Options may differ for different TVs depending on the make of TVs and models.

YouTube TV Black Screen Issue on Computer

If you are using a computer and there is a black screen on YouTube TV Run some checks:

• Check the browser: YouTube TV works on the majority of all browsers, try to log in with a different browser and verify if it works, reset the browser, and check for updates.

• Internet speed checking: Slow-speed internet causes a lot of black screens and buffering issues on the YouTube TV, check if any other tab or window is using the internet speed, you can visit the speed test on www.speedtest.net.

• Check for plugins and extensions: Some plugins are required to play the videos on the browser for YouTube TV, most of the time there are some errors displayed when the required plugin is not available but can also cause a black screen, check for an adblocker extension on the browser, which generally helps to skip the commercials but causes an error on the YouTube Tv website, hence can display the black screen.

• Checking for potential threats: Run a complete security scan on the computer for viruses and malware and verify that no program is harming the device, it’s not only needed for YouTube TV but for the safety of the device and data.

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