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Issue metadata

Status:	Fixed
Owner:	----
Closed:	Sep 2017
Cc:	mard...@chromium.org █ cma...@chromium.org ios-bugs@chromium.org pinkerton@chromium.org linds...@chromium.org chrome-conops-escalation@google.com
Components:	Internals
EstimatedDays:	----
NextAction:	----
OS:	iOS
Pri:	3
Type:	Bug
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[Feedback Stable] YouTube video is not playing in Chrome iOS but in Safari

Project Member Reported by hongchic...@chromium.org, Aug 28 2017

Issue description

Chrome Version: 60.0.3112.89 / 60.0.3112.72 / 62.0.3193.0 
OS: iOS

What steps will reproduce the problem?
(1) Search in Google for videos
(2) Click the YouTube link in the video search result page
(3) 

What is the expected result?
YouTube video should play 

What happens instead?
Video keeps loading in Chrome. 
(1) YouTube video will play in Safari following the same steps
(2) YouTube video will play in Chrome if going to youtube.com, search for the same video, and play  
(3) I can reproduce this on 60.0.3112.89 + iphone 6 + iOS 10.3.3

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Comment 1 by hongchic...@chromium.org, Aug 28 2017

If you bookmark a YouTube video and open it from  Chrome overflow menu --> bookmarks, YouTube video keeps loading but not playing. I can also reproduce this issue.

Comment 2 by pkl@chromium.org, Aug 29 2017

It's something that is happening on youtube.com server side. They must be doing User-Agent detection.

BTW, to verify this issue, make sure that you do NOT have YouTube iOS app installed so all YouTube URLs open in Chrome.