(What was your favorite old YouTube version? Drop your build number below.)

However, there is a catch: Users attempting to run this legacy APK today frequently encounter "Problem with the network [400]" errors or find they cannot sign in because the app uses outdated APIs (gdata) instead of modern Google APIs. Should You Install It?

If you were running YouTube 5.9.0.13 on your device, here is what your experience looked like:

For devices of that era (like the Nexus 5), this version was generally stable and less resource-heavy than today’s modern, ad-filled versions.

The Shorts feed is being updated to allow for image posts, shifting toward a more mixed-media feed format.