YouTube suddenly lagging on your Google Pixel phone? Here's why and how to fix it

If you are a Google Pixel user and you have noticed that YouTube videos are taking longer to load or play smoothly on your phone, you are not alone. Many users have reported that YouTube is lagging on their devices. Here is what you need to know about this issue and how to fix it.

YouTube is one of the most popular video streaming platforms in the world, that mostly depends on ads to pay its content creators and maintain its service. However, not everyone likes to watch ads on YouTube, and some users opt to use third-party ad blocker extensions to skip or block them.

While ad blockers enhance the user experience, they can also have a negative impact on YouTube which depends on ads for their income. That’s why YouTube has been trying to discourage ad blocker users by slowing down the video load times for them. This means that you may experience longer buffering times when watching YouTube videos with an ad blocker.

This is not a new tactic. YouTube has done this before as a way to encourage ad blocker users to either disable them or sign up for YouTube Premium, a subscription service that offers ad-free and offline viewing, among other benefits. However, many users were unhappy with this change.

If you want to enjoy YouTube videos without any delays or errors, you have a few options to fix the lagging issue on your Pixel phone. Google has addressed this issue and suggested some fixes that can resolve this issue.

Desktop users having lagging issues can try disabling the ad blocker extensions if they have any enabled. This is the simplest and most effective way to fix the issue. All you need to do is turn off your ad blocker extension on your Google Chrome browser and restart it. This will allow YouTube to load and play videos normally, without any interference.

Moreover, users can also try updating your browser or clearing cache and cookies. This may help them fix some bugs or compatibility issues with YouTube. Furthermore, YouTube has suggested some more troubleshooting steps to fix the lagging issue, users can check them out as well.