What is Youtube Vanced?

YouTube Vanced is a modified version of YouTube that is very popular in the Android community. It adds a ton of features that you will never find in Google's official YouTube app. Things like built-in ad blocking, background playback without YouTube Premium, light/dark themes, and much more.

Why youtube vanced App.

1. Main Features:

• You have the option of a molded black design to reduce eye strain and battery life. 
• Blocks all video ads and allows videos to play  in the background or picture-in-picture (Android 8.0 and higher only).
• Swipe controls allow you to control brightness and volume like how it is in other video player apps such as VLC or MX Player (with configurable padding).
• New auto repeat feature allowing you to enjoy videos like vines or simply continue playing a song on loop.

2. Customization:

• It allows you to override codec options like forcing H264 for older devices or VP9, ​​this also allows you to force HDR playback or turn off 60fps if you prefer a cinematic experience. (Custom device settings for these features can be found on our Discord or XDA).
• Force the default video resolution as high or low as you like and even override your screen resolution for crisp 4k playback on any device).
• Allows you to completely remove startup ads, most UI ads, merchandise ads, community posts, movie upsell, compact banner information (such as Covid information), feedback, compact film, film rack removal, and more - to change more!

Source: Youtube vanced

3. Sponsor Block

• Features the ability to skip annoying sponsor segments (where a youtuber advertises a service or product in the middle of a video)
• It also supports skipping other categories, such as intros, outros and reminders to subscribe.
• Uses the API found here. You can find more information on how it works
• Also allows you to submit your own segments to the API and contribute to the wider community
• Complete control over whether to automatically skip a segment category or show a button for skipping, or simply just not skipping it at all.