A Switch 2 YouTube app is coming ‘soon’

YouTube isn’t supported connected the Switch 2, but that volition soon change.

The YouTube app for the archetypal Switch took implicit a twelvemonth and a fractional to arrive, but portion that app isn’t compatible with the Switch 2, we whitethorn not person to hold astir arsenic agelong connected a mentation for Nintendo’s caller handheld.

The YouTube app isn’t disposable connected the Switch 2’s store, and for radical who transferred it from an older Switch, opening it results successful a announcement saying the bundle is incapable to start. But according to a station by the authoritative TeamYouTube relationship connected X, assistance is connected the way. “We’re moving with Nintendo to marque YouTube disposable connected the Switch 2 soon,” the institution says.

No further details were shared, including whether YouTube is updating its app to enactment with some Switch generations oregon gathering a Switch 2-specific version. The archetypal Nintendo Switch YouTube app wasn’t released until November 8th, 2018, good aft the Switch’s motorboat day connected March 3rd, 2017.

The Switch 2 was released connected June 5th and features a larger improved screen, magnetic Joy-Cons, and a more almighty customized processor by Nvidia. Nintendo has previously confirmed that different streaming apps disposable for the archetypal Switch are not compatible with the Switch 2, including Hulu, Crunchyroll, and Japan’s Niconico and Abema — and truthful far, there’s nary connection connected whether they’re issuing updates too.