What is causing your YouTube app to lag or to run slow?
Below are the likely reasons for the lagging and slowness.
- There are speed limitations in place
- You are watching a video in high resolution
- The app is slowed down by various notifications
- There are speed limitations in place
- You are watching a video in high resolution
- The app is slowed down by various notifications
You should try out the following solutions if your YouTube app ever lags or slows down.
Reasons why your YouTube app is lagging or running slow
There are speed limitations in place
YouTube eats up a large amount of data to play videos.
For that reason, watching too many videos can eat through vast amounts of data, bringing about data speed limitations and causing YouTube to lag or to run slowly.
You should have a look at how much data is consumed by YouTube.
You are watching a video in high resolution
When playing high resolution videos, the video readtime can be slowed down to extreme levels.
You should have a look at the resolution quality of the video that you are trying to play.
The app is slowed down by various notifications
Receiving notifications while watching videos can lead to YouTube running slowly or lagging.
Notifications place a burden on the device and thus slowing down the app, and this is applicable not just to the moment of the notification but also before they are displayed as well as when hiding them.
Notifications by games are increasingly commonplace these days, so this may be the case for many of you.
What to do when YouTube is lagging or running slow
If there are speed limitations in place
If data speed limitations are applied, you should contact your SIM card provider and pay the extra fees to release the data speed limitation.
If you would prefer to not pay the extra fee, you should wait for your monthly data plan to be renewed.
If you are watching a video in high resolution
If the lagging is caused by the high resolution of the video, you should try lowering the resolution.
You can change the resolution settings of your YouTube videos by going into “Settings (︙)” and then “Quality”.
If the app is slowed down by various notifications
If notifications are slowing down your experience, you should switch all unnecessary notifications to OFF.
It is easier to switch off notifications for your apps by going into the settings menu of your device rather than switching them off one app at a time.
Summary
YouTube is a fabulous website where you can lose track of time just watching videos.
However, it is important to keep in mind that you use up considerable amounts of data by watching videos.