For a while, YouTube Red aboriginal agreeable was a joke, backward abaft added casework like Netflix and Hulu in agreement of quality, so breaking bottomward the paywall didn't assume necessary. However, with alternation like Cobra Kai axis heads, it's a acceptable time to alpha application Red. Luckily, Android users can get all of this agreeable for free, and after rooting.
To do this, you'll charge to install an app alleged NewPipe, which is a chargeless YouTube client. NewPipe does a lot of air-conditioned stuff, like blocking ads in videos and, yes, giving you admission to YouTube Red content. There are additionally a ton of added options to comedy about with, like Picture in Picture and diminutive alive resolution settings.
One of the downsides to application it is that you won't be able to admission any of your subscriptions, as NewPipe aims to abide absolutely absolute of Google (so you additionally won't be logging in to your annual either). This is affectionate of nice in a way, though, as Google won't be breath bottomward your close while you do some adumbral stuff.
Step 1: Accredit Unknown Sources / Install Unknown Apps
Before you can do annihilation else, you charge to accomplish abiding your phone is accessible to sideload apps. If your accessory is on Android Nougat or beforehand versions, accredit Unknown Sources. This will let you install apps that aren't downloaded from Google Play.
Alternatively, If your phone is on Android Oreo or later, again you charge to accord your browser permission to install Unknown Apps. You accept the advantage of either accomplishing it now or aback you're aggravating to install the NewPipe app. If it doesn't amount to you either way, it's abundant easier to do it aback you try to initially install the app — you aloof tap "Settings," analysis a box, and go aback to accept "Install."
Step 2: Install NewPipe
Now, go get the NewPipe APK anon from the articulation below. Aback prompted, hit "Download." You may charge to long-press it if you're accepting agitation downloading it, in which case you'll charge to accept "Download link" manually.
After it's downloaded, the book will appearance up in your notification shade, area you can artlessly cull bottomward and tap on it to accessible it up. You can additionally acquisition NewPipe on F-Droid, an open-source app store, to abide consistently updated. Still, that's another app to install, so the best is yours.
Now your phone will accomplish abiding you appetite to install the app. Do this by borer "Install," again hitting "Open" aback your phone is accomplished installing it.
If your phone is on Oreo or college and you capital to delay to admission your browser permission to install Unknown Apps, this is area you'll charge to tap "Settings" aback prompted. On the afterward screen, accredit the switch, hit the aback button, and again tap "Install."
Step 3: Adjust Settings
Before you alpha watching YouTube Red content, you'll appetite to change a brace settings, like the video quality. To cross to them, tap the hamburger card in the top-left corner, again hit the cog figure in the bottom-left bend of the card that slides out.
From there, tap "Video & Audio," and you'll apprehension the resolution is capped at 360p. Tap on "Default resolution" and accept "Best resolution" to change it — again do the aforementioned for "Default popup resolution." You should additionally adapt "Limit resolution aback application adaptable data" to article you're adequate with accustomed your abstracts plan — apparently about 720p to advance a appropriate resolution.
Step 4: Watch Cobra Kai
To watch Cobra Kai (or added aboriginal YouTube Red content), tap the "Search" figure in the top-right corner, again blazon in the name of the video you appetite to watch. Then, hit access on your phone's keyboard. The videos should arise appropriate afore you, and you can baddest whichever one you appetite to alpha watching.
Now you're all set to absorb YouTube Red content. While NewPipe apparently won't alter YouTube for you, accustomed the actuality that it doesn't acceptation your subscriptions or admired videos, it's a accessible apparatus for examination videos after ads — and for watching YouTube Red shows, of course.
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