Users across the globe reported problems with the video platform on Tuesday.
YouTube today updated its Premium Lite subscription plan with new features, including background play and downloads.
At its peak, there were more than 320,000 user reports of YouTube issues in the U.S., according to Downdetector.
The video service has gone dark in the U.S. on Tuesday night.
YouTube is coming up with another infuriating way to force users to pay for Premium subscipriton or watch ads.
YouTube Premium Lite offers an ad-free experience on most of YouTube's content. Ads still appear on YouTube Shorts, music content, and when a user is searching or browsing for content on the platform.
Premium Lite subscribers can now play videos in the background and download content offline, closing a major feature gap without raising the subscription price.
YouTube is testing conversational AI on smart TVs, allowing viewers to ask the assistant questions related to the video they're watching on the big screen.
The V&A museum has reconstructed an early YouTube watch page, showing the 19-second clip “Me at the zoo” from 2005.