Yattee 2

Complete rewrite of Yattee with a new MPV-based playback engine, redesigned navigation, customizable player controls and gestures, iCloud sync, video downloads, and multi-source support.

Yattee 2 TestFlight available here: https://yattee.stream/beta2 Yatee 2 documentation available here: https://docs.yattee.stream

iOS Beta Only — Yattee 2.0 is currently available as an iOS beta. macOS and tvOS builds are not yet available.

Upgrading from 1.x — You can install 2.0 on top of an existing 1.x installation, but all 1.x data (accounts, history, searches) will be lost. Only your configured instances can be reimported on the onboarding screen.

Highlights

Player

• MPV playback engine with deep hardware integration and best-stream auto-selection
• Native Picture in Picture, AirPlay audio, and background playback
• Storyboard thumbnails on the progress bar, chapter & SponsorBlock segment markers
• Subtitles/captions with multi-language support and appearance customization
• Quality selector with resolution, codec, bitrate, and size info

Player Controls & Gestures

• Control presets with export/import and iCloud sync
• 20+ configurable button types across 3 layout sections (top, center, bottom)
• Glass and plain button styles, adjustable sizes
• Volume and brightness sliders, pinch-to-zoom with panscan snap
• 3-zone tap layout with 9 assignable tap actions
• Horizontal seek gesture with sensitivity levels
• Lock orientation and lock controls

Mini Player

• Plays video while browsing the app
• Configurable video tap action (system PiP or expand)
• Reorderable control buttons via player control presets

Media Sources

• Yattee Server — self-hosted yt-dlp backend
• Invidious & Piped — YouTube frontends
• PeerTube — instance discovery and browsing
• Samba (SMB) & WebDAV — with network auto-discovery
• Local Folders
• Optional auth, self-signed/invalid cert support

Home & Navigation

• Reorderable home sections and shortcuts with card/list layouts
• Continue Watching, Feed, Bookmarks, History, Downloads sections
• Customizable Tab Bar (reorder, hide, startup tab) and Sidebar
• Video Info view with collapsible sections and carousel thumbnail swiping
• Swipe actions on video lists (9 configurable actions)
• Global search with history, recent channels/playlists, and suggestions

Library

• Bookmarks with tags, notes, search, multi-source support and iCloud sync
• Playlists with YouTube/Invidious/Piped import and iCloud sync
• Watch History with configurable retention and iCloud sync
• Continue Watching with cross-device sync

Downloads

• 5-phase downloads: video, audio, captions, storyboards, thumbnails
• Background and resumable downloading
• Batch downloads (playlists, open links)
• Queue management with concurrent download limits

iCloud Sync

• Syncs bookmarks, playlists, channels, watch history, search history, subscriptions, settings, notification preferences, and more
• Conflict resolution with retry logic

YouTube Enhancements

• SponsorBlock — auto-skip/mute, category filtering, progress bar visualization
• DeArrow — community titles/thumbnails with vote ranking
• Return YouTube Dislike

Remote Control & Handoff

• Control other Yattee devices on the same network (play, pause, seek, send videos)
• Cross-device handoff for video, channel, playlist, search, and playback position

Notifications

• Per-channel new upload notifications with background feed refresh

Appearance & Privacy

• Theme selection (system, light, dark), 3 app icons, 9 accent colors
• Watched video checkmark badge
• Incognito mode, configurable history retention and search limits

Advanced

• Custom MPV options management
• In-app log viewer with filtering and export