YouTube Vanced Features: What Made It Popular
YouTube Vanced offered a set of features that made it one of the most searched Android video apps. Here is what users remember about the discontinued app.
🎵 Background Playback
Continue listening to videos with the screen off or while using other apps. One of the most requested features that normally requires YouTube Premium.
🚫 Ad Blocking
Remove video ads, banner ads, and interstitial advertisements from the YouTube experience.
🌙 AMOLED Dark Theme
True black dark theme optimized for AMOLED displays, saving battery and reducing eye strain in low-light conditions.
⏭️ SponsorBlock
Automatically skip sponsored segments within videos based on community-submitted timestamps.
👎 Return YouTube Dislike
Display dislike counts on videos after YouTube removed public dislike visibility.
⚙️ Playback Controls
Override default resolution, playback speed, and codec preferences. Force maximum quality or set preferred defaults.
📱 Picture-in-Picture
Watch videos in a floating window while using other apps, available even on devices that don't officially support PiP for YouTube.
👆 Swipe Controls
Swipe to control brightness and volume directly on the video player.
📺 Cast Support
Cast videos to Chromecast and other compatible devices while using the modified app.
🔓 No Root Required
Vanced worked on non-rooted devices through the MicroG companion app for Google account features.
Feature Availability Today
| Feature | ReVanced | NewPipe | LibreTube | YouTube Premium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Background playback | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Ad blocking | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| SponsorBlock | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Google account | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| AMOLED theme | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Return YT Dislike | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |