{"id":69608,"date":"2024-11-11T15:18:16","date_gmt":"2024-11-11T15:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/vine\/?p=69608"},"modified":"2024-11-11T15:18:16","modified_gmt":"2024-11-11T15:18:16","slug":"youtube-on-android-tv-gets-whos-watching-screen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/youtube-on-android-tv-gets-whos-watching-screen\/","title":{"rendered":"YouTube on Android TV gets &#8220;who&#8217;s watching&#8221; screen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>YouTube has recently updated its app for Android TV to include a <strong>&#8220;Who&#8217;s Watching&#8221;<\/strong> account switcher launch screen. This feature is designed to enhance the user experience, particularly for households that share accounts. The new screen allows users to select their profiles upon launching the app, similar to how Netflix operates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"gtech-migrated-from-ad-inserter-placement-2 gtech-entity-placement\" style=\"text-align: center;\" id=\"gtech-2059373072\"><div id=\"gtech-3862173934\" style=\"margin-right: auto;margin-left: auto;text-align: center;\"><a data-bid=\"1\" data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/linkout\/17207\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"notrack\" aria-label=\"26001\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/media\/2023\/01\/26001.jpeg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/media\/2023\/01\/26001.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/media\/2023\/01\/26001-768x960.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" width=\"500\" height=\"625\"  style=\"display: inline-block;\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><p>This update is part of YouTube&#8217;s ongoing efforts to improve functionality on <a href=\"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/i\/android-tv\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"77\">Android TV<\/a>, making it easier for users to manage multiple profiles and personalize their viewing experience. The introduction of this feature reflects a growing trend among streaming services to accommodate shared subscriptions, ensuring that each user can have a tailored experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/vine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/youtube.jpg\" alt=\"YouTube on Android TV \" class=\"wp-image-69613\" style=\"width:750px;height:auto\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">YouTube on Android TV <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It is much easier for everyone to keep track of what they want without having to disrupt the experience of an account. The new redesigned screen is not exactly new, as streaming is reusing the same\u00a0<strong>account switcher in the mobile app<\/strong>, which can be found by tapping on the profile icon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The released report explains that when opening the YouTube app from Android TV on an NVIDIA Shield TV Pro or some other hardware of the type, the user will be automatically logged out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/vine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/ww.webp\" alt=\"Who's Watching\" class=\"wp-image-69611\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Who&#8217;s Watching<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>When you log in again, you&#8217;ll be able to see the &#8220;Who&#8217;s watching?&#8221; launch page to decide which account to sign in with to watch. You can also add other accounts from the menu. Below, you can see an example of how the change is currently going.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"cls has-palette-color-14-color has-palette-color-1-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-257abcf1c8f67ff66cf3db1c50346b89\">The change can be a bit annoying for users who don&#8217;t have other people to use it, as they will be forced to face this screen every time they enter. 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This feature is designed to enhance the user experience, particularly for households that share accounts. The new screen allows users to select their profiles upon launching the app, similar to how Netflix operates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":72546,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,2519],"tags":[64,77,915],"class_list":["post-69608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","category-streaming","tag-android","tag-android-tv","tag-youtube"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69608"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69608\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}