YouTube Vanced was an progressed, modded adaptation of the official YouTube app for Android, advertising premium-like highlights for free. It included built-in ad-blocking, foundation playback, picture-in-picture mode, AMOLED dim mode, and SponsorBlock to skip supported portions in recordings. Clients might supersede determination limits and constrain VP9 codec for way better quality. The app upheld Google sign-in through MicroG. Due to lawful weight from Google, Vanced was ceased in 2022, in spite of the fact that existing establishments remained useful for a whereas. Numerous clients have since exchanged to choices like YouTube ReVanced, NewPipe, or YouTube Premium for a comparative experience.