Replace (): As we close to the top of October, we have slightly replace for you when you’re questioning the place to search out the YouTube app for Swap 2.
There is not any agency launch date but, however in a brief response on social media final week, Workforce YouTube’s official account reiterated that the net video platform hopes to supply the app on Nintendo’s new hybrid system “quickly” (through My Nintendo Information). The total message is under:
YouTube: “YouTube will not be but accessible on Nintendo Swap 2, however we hope to make it accessible quickly.”
The identical account talked about in June how YouTube was working with Nintendo to make the app accessible quickly. So, it is nonetheless a piece in progress, nevertheless it seems like we’ll have to attend slightly longer. Earlier updates from YouTube will be discovered within the authentic story under.
Authentic story: (Sunday 8 June 2025 04:25 BST): The Swap 2 helps current apps and video games, however chances are you’ll expertise some points from the get-go. While you attempt to entry YouTube in your new Nintendo system, you will obtain a notification that the software program can’t be launched.
In case you are questioning if it is coming again, Nintendo has already flagged this problem in backwards compatibility testing, noting how the YouTube problem is “below investigation.” Within the newest replace, a person of the app contacted YouTube through social media and obtained the next response:
YouTube: “We’re working with Nintendo to carry YouTube to Swap 2 quickly. For a listing of gadgets the place YouTube is obtainable, see: https://goo.gle/3HuvcWI.”
YouTube is asking Swap 2 customers to “please wait” for the replace, so you will must do with out putting in the favored video app in your Swap 2 for now. There are additionally varied different video gamers and apps that do not work on the Swap 2 at the moment, as revealed in a current replace. This consists of NicoNico, ABEMA, Hulu, Crunchyroll, and InkyPen.
YouTube initially got here to the Swap eShop as a free app in 2018 and was beforehand accessible on Wii U, 3DS, and Wii.