1.1 petit flour to 14.0 Upside Down Cake, Android a mobile operating system made for smartphones came a long way, in the initial version Android doesn’t have any codename but later on as the creator of Android “Andy Rubins love deserts each new version of Android has named with desert names classified as codenames, since the inception starting from alpha 1.0 version Android in the process of updating and upgrading to next level over the years has gone through a lot of developments by fixing loopholes aka bugs and by adapting to latest trends and technologies needed and wanted by userbase around the world accordingly, thanks to that as time goes in just few years Android became powerful and advanced modern operating system used by majority of people worldwide, isn’t that quite fantastic? but the problem here is if you own an old Android device then due to it’s outdated hardware and software technologies, latest Android versions may be incompatible and won’t work well, that can be concerning to certain percentage of people as for whatever reasons many people still use old Android devices, mainy because they can’t afford new ones, or even if they can afford still wanna use old Android device or it’s software versions for nostalgia reasons, are you one of them?
If yes then as said earlier old Android devices comes with outdated hardware and software technologies which means they can be incompatible and won’t be able to install latest versions of Android thus you’ll get limited options and features that may cause un-fulfilling overall user experience, yet you may accept and ok with it and no matter what you still wanna use old Android devices, isn’t it? But there are many developers who are not ready for it they won’t work and support outdated old Android devices, because old Android devices usually lack large userbase and latest technologies, so adding support for them definitely requires extra load on back with lack of enough returns, which is why many developers eventually stop support for old Android devices, while some right from the start solely focus on providing support for latest Android devices and software versions, so at the end if you’re someone who own old Android device or software versions then now or in future you are the one who going to suffer as the latest softwares from stock OEM or third party developers are what keeps you stay connected and updated, not having them can push you back in this tech world.
– Google Apps –
– AOSP
– Drive
– Maps
– Earth
– AdSense
– Adwords
– Assistant
– Gemini
– Chrome
– GBoard
– Gmail
– GCam
– Well being
– Google Pay
– SnapSeed
– Docs
– Sheets
– Photos
– Translate
– Google Cloud
– Find My Device
– Files
– Play Games
– Opinion Rewards
– Play Services
– Authenticator
– Fit Activity Tracking
– Voice Access
– Google Play Books
– Google Audio Books
– Sound Amplifier
– Slides
– Classroom
– Duo
– Lens
– Google One
– Google TV
– News
– Chat
– Hangouts ( discontinued )
– Keep Notes and Lists
– Meet
– Calculator
– Messages
– Family Link
– Clock
– Tasks
– PhotoScan
– Photomath
– WallPapers
– Remote Desktop
– Socratic By Google
– Carrier Services
– Podcasts
– Phone
– Read Along By Google
– Google Auto
– WearOS
– Jamboard
– Health connect
– Blogger
– Switch access
– Cardboard
– Analytics
– WebView
– Play Console
– Accessibility Suite
– Pixel Watch
– Buds
– Cardboard
– Admin
– Arts and culture
– Reading Mode
– Fi Wireless
– Action Blocks
– Device Policy
– Crowdsouce
– Fast pair validator
– Lookout Assisted Vision
– Speech Recognition and Synthesis
– Data Restore Tool
– Lock Controller
– Utility,
– Game Snacks
– Toontastic 3D
– Looker Studio
– Project Relate
– Creative Preview
– Security Hub
– Cloud Search
– Compose Material Catalog
– Personal Safety
– Remote Service
– Magnifier, Weather
– Recorder
– Automotive App Host
– Google Support Services
– Pixel Thermometer
– Play Console
– Accessibility Scanner
– TV Home
– Motion Sense Bridge
– ChromeCast built-in
– TV Setup
– YouTube
– YouTube Create
– YouTube Lite
– YouTube Kids
Google, as you may know a well known search engine from Alphabet inc. own many revolutionary and amazing digital products as shown above, it’s not just them there are many more and the list goes on, though out of them almost all digital products have huge userbase and successful yet to reduce back load and due to various different strategies and reasons already discontinued and ended support for some of them permanently and may going to do the same for more in future on all or old Android devices and software versions, while some digital products are only made and exclusive for new ones, so basically at the end when Google being such a large scale company with huge capacity and resources struggle, fail and decide to discontinue and end further support to old Android devices and software versions, how can a small single individual or team of developers were able to maintain and continue product support forever, it’s not a simple cake walk right? So expecting and demanding support can sometimes bit outrageous for sure yet still a lot of people out of necessity keep on demanding or requesting developers to provide support for old Android devices and software versions, isn’t that right?
YouTube, as per context let us now focus on it, you may know YouTube is world’s popular leading social video blogging platform currently owned and developed by Google, it is in existence for more than a decade, back in the beginning days of YouTube, it used to have pretty basic limited options and features but as time goes as per research and development which include demands, requests, needs and requirements of people including that to meet latest standards and adapt to new technologies, Google not just added but also removed many interesting and useful options and features thanks to that we got to see robust feature rich modern YouTube for cross platforms, but the problem here is Google for whatever reasons won’t let latest Android versions use old YouTube app versions and old Android versions use latest YouTube app versions, while there are certain old YouTube app versions, they won’t work on old or new Android versions which can be issue as certain percentage of people for whatever reasons mainly to get old layout or options and features like and want to use old YouTube app versions, but as they are now unavailable on latest YouTube app versions, many people who want them usually get disappointed and try to somehow get them, though it is not possible to get them on official YouTube app but there are numerous modified and custom patched YouTube apps by using them we can not just get old layout and features on latest YouTube versions but also use discontinued old or new YouTube app versions on old Android devices.
Even thought, there are number of modified custom patched YouTube apps available for Android devices out of them Vanced YouTube is most popular one but eventually it was discontinued due to law suit from Google but later on inspired by Vanced, number of developers as Vanced is open source using it’s code with some additional contributions tried to bring back Vanced Project as it is liked and used by a lot of users mainy geeks, in that process we got to eventually see Project ReVanced which is considered as current successor of Vanced YouTube Project, ReVanced just like Vanced, provide many extra features and options that you won’t get on official YouTube app including that ReVanced also let you use old YouTube apps options and features, layouts etc, thanks to that many people who like and want to utilize them usually shift to ReVanced from the official YouTube app, isn’t? which is smart choice but the only drawback of original Project ReVanced app is it targets latest Android versions not the old ones, so you won’t be able to use latest versions of ReVanced on old Android devices and software versions even old versions of ReVanced eventually stop working on old Android versions just like stock official YouTube app, isn’t that bit disappointing? but wait thanks to some geeky developers who found workarounds to use the old versions of ReVanced on old Android devices and software versions like starting from lollipop 5.0 by using slightly modified custom patched ReVanced app versions made by them, you’re now able to enjoy YouTube on go, isn’t that exciting!
The last YouTube version available for Android 6 Marshmallow and Android 7 Nougut, is 17.34.36 but as said earlier Google eventually stop support for them, I expect they already did it, so developer Kitadai31 who at one point back then using old Android device and software versions, want to make YouTube app work on old Android 6.0 and 7.0 versions, in that process he found a workaround by forking RVX aka ReVanced Extended v2.160.1 by Initia00, as it’s the last compatible patch with YouTube version 17.34.36, and then accordingly he created some ReVanced patches to modify and spoof YouTube at the same time fix some issues, glitches and backport some features like endless buffering, to provide a stable version of ReVanced for Android 6.0 and 7.0 devices, at present his modified RVX versions is working well and was beneficial to many people, but the only drawback here is his version won’t work on Android 5.0 lollipop, if you want YouTube work on that version then Kitadai31 suggest you to use another fork of ReVanced by developer d4n3436 who spoofed YouTube 16.40.36 thanks to that now you can experience YouTube on much older Android versions, cool right?
You may know Android 5.0 lollipop software version is like 10 years old released back in year 2014, at present even on browser you can’t use YouTube on Android 5.0 device browser, as Google not just stopped support for app but also for webview as well, considering that getting access to YouTube app now on Android 5.0 devices in the era of Android 14 and 15 is simply marvellous thing, just think about it such a old Android version device still able to play videos on YouTube that to with latest options and features, it’s for sure a useful jackpot isn’t it? If you have a old Android device in desk or use it as a backup or secondary device for calls and messages etc, in that as an addition get to access YouTube will be amazing including that let’s say you have a spare old Android 5.0, 6.0, 7.0 version device and wanna give or gift to someone who just simply want to use calls, messages and YouTube for such person, pre-installing ReVanced YouTube will work fabulously, not just that if you limited yourself not to utilize old Android devices and softwares versions as on that there is support for YouTube but now with the help of patched ReVanced you may be able to continue using old Android device and version as a daily driver regularly.
Revanced Extended by d4n3436 is for YouTube version 16.40.36, by using that as said earlier now you can use YouTube on Android 5.0 lollipop devices, which is based on kitadai31’s fork of ReVanced Extended for Android 6/7, that’s for sure is exciting, but wait if you’re someone who don’t have any past usage experience with ReVanced, then hold on, if you’re a newbie to this custom patched YouTube apps then you need to know some things before you get started as mis-handling them can lead to soft or hard bricking device, foremost you can install ReVanced in non root and root mode, while root mode is way stable and you usually don’t get issues including that it doesn’t require extra microg apps to login to Google accounts, when it comes to non-root you may find incompatibility issues and it likely requires extra microg app to login into Google accounts, at the same time non root ReVanced mode don’t usually work on custom Android softwares like MIUI and HiOS etc, while root mode of ReVanced very likely gonna work on them, anyway at the end you have to install non root ReVanced YouTube like any other app but for the root version you have choice to install it as module through Magisk or in the custom recovery, so do you like it? are you ready to use YouTube on Android 5, 6, 7, devices, if yes then let’s get started.
• ReVanced Extended by Kitadai31 and d4n3436 official support •
– d4n3436
– ReVanced Manager / Kitadai31
• ReVanced YouTube for Android 5.0, 6.0, 7.0 UI / UX Overview •
Atlast, this are just highlighted features of ReVanced Extended there may be many hidden features in-build that provides you external benefits to give the ultimate usage experience, anyway if you want more features on YouTube and use them on old Android devices then this custom patched ReVanced is best on go choice.
Overall, ReVanced comes with light and dark mode by default, it has clean and simple interface that ensures user friendly experience, but in any project there is always space for improvement so let’s wait and see will ReVanced get any major UI changes in future to make it even more better, as of now ReVanced is fantastic.
Moreover, it is very important to mention Kitadai31 and d4n3436 ReVanced Patches are one of the very few free and open source projects which focused on making YouTube work on old Android 5.0 lollipop, 6.0 Marshmallow, 7.0 Nougut versions, Yes, indeed if you are searching for such ReVanced YouTube Project by they have potential to become your new favorite.
Finally, this is how you can use YouTube on old Android software version devices like starting from Android 5.0 thanks to Kitadai31 and d4n3436 for making it possible, are you an existing user of their ReVanced YouTube? If yes do say your experience and mention why you like in our comment section below, see ya 🙂