Google to pull YouTube from Roku devices after failing to reach agreement

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What you need to know

• Roku issued a statement calling Google out on its unfair treatment of the platform.
• In response, Google has decided to pull the YouTube app from new Roku devices.
• Current users will not be affected by this change.

The ongoing battle between Google and Roku continues as the YouTube app is being pulled from new Roku devices after December 9.

The decision came on Thursday after Roku posted a statement calling Google out for allegedly asserting its dominance to request special treatment on the platform. More specifically, requiring YouTube as a search preference over other results and requesting special features on Roku that it doesn't require on other platforms.

In response, a YouTube spokesperson told Android Central that it's pulling its YouTube app from new Roku devices.

Since our negotiations with Roku earlier this year, we've continued to work with them to find a resolution that benefits our mutual users. Roku has once again chosen to make unproductive and baseless claims rather than try to work constructively with us.

Since we haven't been able to continue our conversations in good faith, our partnership for all new Roku devices will unfortunately end on December 9. We are, however, giving Roku the ability to continue distributing both YouTube and YouTube TV apps to all existing users to make sure they are not impacted.

That means current users should still have access even after the December 9 deadline, but new devices will not be able to download either YouTube or YouTube TV.