TL;DR
- Google has acknowledged a YouTube iPad bug that erases titles, descriptions, and comments when exiting full screen.
- The bug likely stems from iPad app version 21.32.4 released last week, though Google has not confirmed the trigger.
- Affected users can temporarily restore missing UI elements by toggling portrait and landscape mode in full screen.
Google has officially acknowledged a widespread full-screen bug in the YouTube iPad app that wipes out video titles, descriptions, channel information, and comment sections entirely. A post in the community forum confirmed that engineering teams are actively investigating the flaw and developing a permanent software fix.
The bug began surfacing over the weekend as user reports flooded Reddit and Google’s official support forums. When viewers exit full-screen playback on an iPad, the entire interface region below the video player turns blank. Attempting to start a new video fails to fix the broken layout, as the missing UI carries over from one video to the next within the active app session.
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