Overview

• Nintendo released the Switch2 on June 5 without a functional YouTube app available in its eShop.
• Players who transferred the original Switch’s YouTube app to the Switch2 encounter an “unable to start” error.
• An official TeamYouTube post on X states Google is collaborating with Nintendo to launch the app “soon.”
• The original Switch did not receive its YouTube app until over a year after its March 2017 debut.
• Other streaming services like Hulu, Crunchyroll, Niconico and Abema remain incompatible with the Switch2 pending updates.