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The service is not currently available worldwide. YouTube’s official support page lists Australia, Canada, India, Malaysia, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and the United States as supported countries, and access also depends on your device, app, operating system, browser, and account availability.
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How to open YouTube Playables
On desktop or mobile web, open YouTube and select Explore → Playables. Playables may also appear as a shelf on the YouTube Home page. You can search for games through YouTube Search or use YouTube’s dedicated Playables destination.
In the YouTube mobile app, open Home → Explore → Playables. If you save a game, you can find it later in the You tab.
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How to start and share a game
- Open a Playables shelf, destination page, or search result.
- Select a game card.
- Play directly in YouTube; no separate download or installation is required.
To share a game, open the three-dot More menu from the game card or while playing, then select Share. While playing, the same menu includes send feedback; capitalization can vary by interface language.
Supported devices, apps, and browsers
YouTube’s current requirements are:
- Android: YouTube app version 20.46 or newer, running on Android S or newer. Android O, P, Q, and R are supported only on 64-bit devices or high-memory 32-bit devices.
- iPhone and iPad: YouTube app version 20.44 or newer and iOS 14 or newer.
- Web: Chrome, Safari, or Firefox on desktop or mobile. YouTube does not specify minimum browser versions on its current Help page.
- Connection: Wi-Fi or mobile data. Mobile-data charges may apply.
These requirements come from YouTube’s current Playables Help page. The page does not list YouTube Premium as a requirement.
Where Playables are available
The current official country list includes Australia, Canada, India, Malaysia, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Being in one of those countries does not guarantee that Playables will appear: YouTube also considers account, device, app, operating-system, browser, and rollout conditions.
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Some online references still describe Playables as a worldwide feature or as an experimental feature with a different access model. Those descriptions are outdated compared with the current support documentation.
How many games are available?
YouTube announced Playables on May 28, 2024, with “more than 75 games.” That was a launch-era figure, not a permanent catalog size. The current Help page says YouTube is continually adding games but does not publish a current total.
The launch announcement mentioned games including Angry Birds Showdown, Words of Wonders, Cut the Rope, Tomb of the Mask, and Trivia Crack. Their appearance in the 2024 announcement does not confirm that every title remains available now. You can browse the current selection through the Playables destination, Home shelf, or Search rather than relying on the original 75-plus figure.
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Progress, scores, and saved games
When you are signed in to the same YouTube account, game progress is saved automatically and synchronized across supported devices. YouTube stores Playables activity under YouTube History → Interactions.
There is one save file per game. Deleting that save file removes the game’s progress across all supported devices. A game’s all-time best score is stored separately: deleting the score does not delete progress, and deleting progress does not delete the score.
Not every Playable stores progress or scores in YouTube History. If a game’s data does not appear under YouTube History → Interactions, that game does not store that data there.
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Playables activity is part of YouTube History. If history is turned off, games played during that period will not appear in YouTube History. You can review history controls at myactivity.google.com by opening YouTube History and editing the history settings.
Can you play while watching YouTube?
On certain devices, YouTube allows a Playable to run while you watch or listen to YouTube content in the background. Video playback is controlled through the miniplayer. YouTube does not document this as available on every device or platform, so its absence on a particular device is not necessarily an account problem.
Why Playables may not appear
If you cannot find the feature, check the following:
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- Officially licensed by Xbox. Bluetooth connection. Supports Xbox Cloud Gaming.
- Officially supported by Apple. Compatible with Apple and Android devices. Stretchable design fits most phones (100–170mm in length).
- Hall Effect Joysticks and Triggers - Upgraded. Robust and long-lasting. Offering higher precision and sensitivity.
- Tactile bumpers and D-pad, 2 Pro back paddle buttons, Xbox button, and wear-resistant metal joystick rings for more ways to play.
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- Your country is on YouTube’s current supported list.
- Your YouTube app meets the Android or iOS version requirement.
- Your operating system and device meet the relevant platform requirements.
- You are using Chrome, Safari, or Firefox on the web.
- You have an active Wi-Fi or mobile-data connection.
- You are looking under Explore, Home, Search, or the You tab for saved games—not necessarily in a permanent sidebar button.
Even after these checks, access can vary because Playables may be subject to staged rollouts, limited access, or automated availability adjustments. YouTube’s developer FAQ explains that the games run with standard web and mobile technologies inside the YouTube app and web experience.
There is no terminal command, installation command, or user setting that manually enables Playables. Launch them through the YouTube interface.
A technical limitation developers—and players—may encounter
On iOS, a Playable has a 512 MB JavaScript heap-size limit. If a game exceeds that limit, it can crash and reload in Safari. This is a memory constraint in the game environment, not a setting that players can increase.
For developer-facing details, see YouTube’s Playables developer FAQ.
Reducing Playables in your YouTube feed
If you do not want to see the feature, select Not interested on the Playables shelf or on an individual Playable. This reduces its visibility in your recommendations; it is different from deleting a game’s saved progress or score.
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