A recent YouTube update introduced granular playback speed controls, but instead of enhancing user experience, it’s causing major headaches with two significant bugs that are disrupting the app’s functionality.

YouTube has rolled out a redesign of its playback speed controls for both Android and iOS apps. The new interface has a compact design that appears at the bottom of the screen, replacing the previous tall sheet of increments that occupied nearly half the display.

Users are facing playback bugs on the YouTube app, preventing them from resuming paused videos and initializing the mini-player. Read on!

A recent update to the YouTube Android app, intended to bring granular playback speed controls, has inadvertently introduced bugs for some users. These bugs affect miniplayer functionality and video playback resumption in portrait mode after exiting full-screen landscape mode.