Fast where you feel it.
Timed on a real phone, from the tap to the picture. On mobile data, a related video's first frame came in 0.53 s, nearly the same as on Wi-Fi.
0.24 s
from the icon to the first screen
0.50 s
from tapping a related video to its first frame
0.66 s
from a shared link to the first frame
0.37 s
to pick up a half-watched video where you left it
Medians over Wi-Fi unless noted, from a Pixel 9 in September 2026, on the builds that became 1.10.1: small samples, one phone, one carrier. Mobile data and the full table
Every detail, thought through.
- Plays with the screen off
- Saves videos for offline, up to 1080p or audio only
- Picture-in-picture
- Chapters and dubbed audio tracks
- Subtitles, auto-translated too
- Up to 4K where the video and phone allow
- SponsorBlock
- DeArrow and estimated dislike counts, if you want them
- Casts to SmartTube on your TV
- Light and dark
Your account, with a code.
NewTube signs in the way a TV does. It shows a short code, you approve it on Google's own page, and your subscriptions, history and playlists appear. Your password never touches the app, and it needs no Google Play Services, microG or root.
Signing in is optional. How sign-in works
Check it yourself.
Open source
NewTube's code is on GitHub under the MIT license, like SmartTube, and every release is tagged.
Built in the open
Since 1.10.3, GitHub Actions builds and signs each release from its tag, with a build attestation for every APK.
No telemetry
No analytics, no crash reporting, no ad SDKs. Nothing is sent to the developer.