features.json

{
  "data": [
    {
      "title": "Vanced",
      "description": "YouTube Vanced aims to be a better version of YouTube. It includes adblocking, the black theme, and a lot more. Use Vanced Manager to install YouTube Vanced with relative ease."
    },
    {
      "title": "YouTube Music Vanced",
      "description": "YouTube Music Vanced has the same aim as YouTube Vanced, but this app focuses on YouTube Music. This is relatively less feature-rich compared to Vanced but still features many things you come to expect like adblocking and background playback, all inside YouTube Music Vanced!"
    },
    {
      "title": "YouTube Vanced main features",
      "description": "- OLED friendly black theme and dark theme _(aka dark gray)_ besides white theme.\n- Blocks all ads\n- Allows you to play videos in the background or in the Picture in Picture (PiP) mode (only on Android 8+)\n- Swipe controls allow you to control brightness and volume with up-and-down gestures (with configurable padding).\n- Auto-repeat feature allowing you to loop videos on repeat.\n- New comment/tablet mini-player layout can be toggled to the tablet versions which are very similar to the old version (however, it's a bit buggy)."
    },
    {
      "title": "Customization",
      "description": "- Allows you to override Codec options such as forcing H264 for old devices or VP9, this also allows you to force HDR playback or turn off 60fps if you prefer a cinematic experience. (Custom device configs for these features can be found on our [Discord server](https://discord.gg/Vanced) or XDA)\n- Force the default video resolution as high or low as you want and even override your screen resolution for that sharp 4k playback on any device. It also allows you to change default playback speed to anywhere between 0.25x to 2x (assuming your device is powerful enough)\n- Allows you to toggle home ads, most UI ads, Merchandise ads, Community posts, Movie upselling, compact banner info (such as the COVID-19 info), remove comments entirely, compact movie, movie shelf removal and many more!"
    },
    {
      "title": "SponsorBlock",
      "description": "- Features the ability to skip sponsor segments (where a [YouTuber](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTuber) advertises a service or product in the middle of a video)\n- It also supports skipping other categories, such as intros, outros and self-promotion.\n- Uses the API [found here](https://sponsor.ajay.app). You can find more information on how it works\n- It also allows you to submit your own segments to the API and contribute to the wider community\n- Complete control over whether to automatically skip a segment category or show a button for skipping, or simply just not skipping it at all.\n- Highlights the segment in the specific colour based on its category in the playback timeline."
    },
    {
      "title": "Platforms",
      "description": "Apps are available only for Android devices and there are no plans to support any other platforms at the moment"
    },
    {
      "title": "Difference between Root and Non-Root",
      "description": "#### Root:\nThe root variant of Vanced seamlessly replaces the official YouTube app. As a result, you can directly open YouTube links or call them using Google Assistant through the modded Vanced app.\n\n#### Non-Root:\n- If you have a device that is difficult to root, or you don’t want to root your daily device on first hand, you should opt for the non-root variant.\n- Since the package name of the non-root variant is different from the stock YouTube app, they can co-exist. Note that you need to install an additional companion app (Vanced microG) to be able to log in with your YouTube/Google account.\n- Moreover, you have to manually set Vanced as the default app for opening YouTube links.\n- However, the non-root variant is much simpler to install and use, so we recommend you stick with the non-root variant unless you really need to replace the stock YouTube app on your phone."
    }
  ]
}