Does the Chrome opening up the YouTube app instead of letting you continue on the browser? Typically, when you try to load an YouTube link, it does open up the YouTube app instead of opening up the website normally on the web browser. There is a distinct reason behind this, and you should not consider this is as a problem. So, we have mentioned the solution and why the YouTube app is loading up.
Why Chrome is opening up the YouTube app in iOS?
Chrome is a web browser and the YouTube is a website. So, when you try to browse the YouTube from the web browser, it should just open up the website where you can play the videos at your will. Now, this seems not to be happening when the users are trying to access YouTube app from Chrome. Whenever they try to access YouTube from the search bar, the YouTube app is loading up on the screen.
This process is known as redirection. Whether you try to open a YouTube link or open up YouTube from the search page, it simply triggers the YouTube app on the iPhone. So, the app loads up at the time that you don’t want to do that. Just like any other problems, there is a solution that you can solve this.
Fix – Open YouTube redirect on another tab
The trick here is to open YouTube on another tab. The redirection or deep-linking doesn’t work when the user forces the browser to access the link directly on another tab.
Step 1 – Search for the “YouTube” directly from Google Chrome.
Step 2 – Now, hold the “YouTube” in the search result. Then, tap the “Open in new Tab” option.
Step 3 – This shall load up the web version of the YouTube app in another tab.
Step 4 – Go to that YouTube and you can stream the videos on YouTube.
This won’t load up the YouTube app.
Now, the rest of the process is very simple. Though you can use the YouTube normally, but you won’t be signed in to your account. If you have not accessed YouTube via Google Chrome before, you have to sign in to your YouTube account.
Do that, and you will get an app like experience on the Google Chrome browser.