# YouTube Android Mobile playing videos only in portrait

**URL:** <https://community.brave.app/t/youtube-android-mobile-playing-videos-only-in-portrait/536337>\
**Category:** Android Beta\
**Tags:** mobile, performance, feedback, browser\
**Created:** [March 9, 2024, 12:25pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/youtube-android-mobile-playing-videos-only-in-portrait/536337 "2024-03-09T12:25:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Sleep1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/838e76/32.png) [@Sleep1](https://community.brave.app/u/Sleep1)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2024, 12:25pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/youtube-android-mobile-playing-videos-only-in-portrait/536337/1 "2024-03-09T12:25:13Z")

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YouTube plays full screen videos exclusively in portrait mode, and only switches to landscape if portrait mode lock is disabled.

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**Author:** ![Sleep1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/838e76/32.png) [@Sleep1](https://community.brave.app/u/Sleep1)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2024, 5:40am UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/youtube-android-mobile-playing-videos-only-in-portrait/536337/4 "2024-03-11T05:40:36Z")

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I have no idea what you just said

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**Author:** ![envyy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d07c76/32.png) [@envyy](https://community.brave.app/u/envyy)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2024, 9:06am UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/youtube-android-mobile-playing-videos-only-in-portrait/536337/5 "2024-03-11T09:06:56Z")

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I got same issue just recently, my suspect is because youtube update swipe up gesture