YouTube Remote control

Allows you to control YouTube running on your browser from your phone or whatever mobile device.)

What is YouTube Remote control?

"YouTube Remote control" is a handy Chrome extension that enables users to control YouTube running on their browser from their phone or any other mobile device. The extension allows the loading of youtube.com/tv for remote control after linking via a unique TV code displayed in the settings. Once linked, whatever played on the YouTube mobile app will play on the YouTube browser version; giving users a seamless and integrated viewing experience.

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This extension was removed from Chrome Web Store on 2024-03-10 due to Chrome Web Store policy violation

By: Wrybread

Users: 10,000+

Rating: 4.20 (10)

Version: 1.2 (Last updated: 2021-10-07)

Creation date: 2021-10-07

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood: Very high risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

*://*.youtube.com/tv*
webRequest
webRequestBlocking

Size: 17.16K

Email: wr*****@gmail.com

URLs: Privacy policy

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This lets you load youtube.com/tv so you can remote control YouTube from your phone or other mobile device.

To use:

Open youtube.com/tv and click the Settings icon, then "link with TV code" and it'll show you a code.
Open the YouTube app on your phone and go to Settings > Watch on TV > Enter TV Code and enter that code and press the "link" button.
Or in theory, if you're on the same wifi network, you can simply open the YouTube app on your phone and have the cast icon appear even without manually linking, but this doesn't work as reliably.

After linking, whatever you play in the YouTube app on your phone will play in the YouTube window on your laptop or desktop. Whoo hoo!

To stop casting, click the Cast icon again and choose "disconnect".

Troubleshooting: if it doesn't work or stops working: in the youtube.com/tv browser window go to Settings > Linked Devices and click "unlink all devices". And on your mobile device kill and relaunch the YouTube app and repeat the steps above.