YouTube Ambient Recommendations Irk Android TV Viewers With Frequent Intrusions During Pauses
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YouTube for Android TV has been showing the "Ambient Display" screensaver more frequently in the last few weeks when video is paused or the homepage is left idle.
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The Ambient Display shows recommended content after just 3-5 minutes of YouTube being inactive. The recommendations are often unrelated to what was previously playing.
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This Ambient Display feature works similarly to Ambient Mode on Chromecast devices, but there is no setting to disable it on Android TV.
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The increased frequency seems to have started a few weeks ago in YouTube app version 4.31.300 and up on devices like Nvidia Shield TV and Chromecast with Google TV.
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The article invites readers to share in the comments if they have noticed Ambient Display happening more often on their Android TV devices lately.