Certain modifications in the YouTube app now means that it will no longer be possible to view YouTube videos on devices older than 2012. Which means TV models released in 2012 or earlier, including 2nd-gen Apple TVs, Panasonic TVs, Sony TVs & Blu-ray players, as well as devices running Google TV versions 1 or 2.
Bye-bye, YouTube Data API v2 – YouTube Blogspot
Apr 20, 2015
With the recent additions of comments, captions, and RSS push notifications, the Data API v3 supports almost every feature scheduled to be migrated from the soon-to-be-turned-down Data API v2. The only remaining feature to be migrated is video flagging, which will launch in the coming days…
YouTube app will stop working on older smart TVs and iOS devices – Engadget
http://news.google.com Apr 21, 2015
If you own a smart TV or an iOS device that’s getting a bit long in the tooth, you may need to do some upgrading this week if you want to continue using the YouTube app. …
YouTube app support pulled for old Google TV versions – Android Authority (blog)
http://news.google.com Apr 21, 2015
Google has announced that it has begun shutting down YouTube app support for older Google TV devices as of yesterday, which will complete by the end …
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