The popular third-party YouTube app for Android YouTube Vanced has been discontinued after facing a legal threat from Google. YouTube Vanced allowed its users to block all ads in YouTube videos without a paid YouTube Premium subscription.
Vanced has been discontinued. In the coming days, the download links on the website will be taken down. We know this is not something you wanted to hear but it's something we need to do. Thank you all for supporting us over the years.
— Vanced Official (@YTVanced) March 13, 2022
The app also featured a true black theme, picture-in-picture, background playback, and other customizations unavailable in the official Android YouTube app.
Bradley Rhodes
In the coming days, the download links will be removed from the site. The current versions of the client will continue to work for some time, but further development of the application has been halted. The same applies to the YouTube Music Vanced app.