If you make a Siri shortcut to open YouTube, you could use a custom icon (the official YouTube logo). You’ll be needing the following Siri Shortcut to add the following options: Download YT videos as MP4 and MP3, enable Picture in Picture.Īs of now, only background playback and dark mode are missing (AFAIK), but without Jailbreaking, this is the best alternative. Shortcuts give the final functions that we need to simulate Vanced on iOS. Use YouTube PIP and Downloader by Robric18 (Shortcut) You’ll see an extra “With AdGaurd” next to the YouTube banner in Safari. You just need to use the share button and select “Block YouTube ads (By AdGaurd)”. It works fine and I haven’t seen any ad so far. The latest AdGaurd update has a nice button to block all ads on Safari version of YouTube. Install AdGaurd on iOS (free version is fine) There are some apps in the App Store from Asian developers that can simulate background playback, but still have ads We will be using Mobile YouTube with Safari for this, unfortunately you can’t install any app. Make a bookmark from the YouTube website in Safari to your Home Screen. Please forgive me if this is common sense or not exactly the same thing.

A lot of times I see this question and I want to share how I use it. I’ve been using YouTube lately a lot in a way that comes close to having YouTube Vanced.

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