YouTube Vanced

YouTube Vanced (or simply Vanced, formerly iYTBP) is a discontinued modified third-party YouTube application for Android with a built-in ad blocker. Other features of the app included SponsorBlock, background play, free picture-in-picture (PiP), an AMOLED black theme, swipe control for brightness and volume, and implementation of the Return YouTube Dislike browser extension. Modified versions of YouTube Music and MicroG were also developed. The name Vanced originates from the word advanced but with ad removed, in reference to the software's ad blocking features. On March 13, 2022, the developers of YouTube Vanced announced that the application would be shut down after they received a cease and desist letter from Google, which forced the developers to stop developing and distributing the app. The app continued to function for remaining users until late April 2023, when the core playback feature of YouTube Vanced was rendered nonfunctional without any further updates. After the discontinuation of YouTube Vanced, similar applications, such as ReVanced, emerged as replacements. In late March 2024, Vanced MicroG was also rendered nonfunctional to all ReVanced users who still used it, prompting users to use the latest version of the app.