iOS 26.1 issues: YouTube videos not playing, no audio in calling apps

I had a similar problem. I spoke to Apple support. They helped me turn off my VPN or delete it and now YouTube is working perfectly fine. The steps were go to settings general scroll down for VPN and device , delete the VPN.

Hope this works for you guys too. It was such a frustrating problem.

I had the same problem. After I turned off my phone and turned it on again, YouTube works fine. A side note, but perhaps useful information, my wallpaper wasn’t displaying after the os update but it, too, returned to normal after restarting the phone.

What about Apple Music song?

As most people do not have this problem, have you installed VPN or any security app?

Trag11 wrote:

I regret updating to iOS 26.1 because 1, YouTube will not play A SINGLE VIDEO. 2, any calling app like google meet is not playing any audio, I've updated both the apps and they aren't working. Anyone have a solution?

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Original Title: iOS 26.1 issues

Yes you report the issue to their support or look at their help site, none of those are Apple apps.

I upgraded to 26.1 couple of days ago. I didn’t really the issue as I didn’t open youtube app. Yesterday, I realized the issue and even tried to remove and reinstall the app but with no luck. Black screen with ‘something went wrong. Tap to retry’. Network is ok as I can open the video on browser.

I too regret updating to iOS 26.1 today. YouTube isn't playing anything now. I haven't tested other features, but this is AWFUL!

Anyone know what to do? I've restarted multiple times, changed wifi networks, nothing has made any difference or fixed it.

So frustrating! I usually don't do upgrades so quick and there doesn't seem to be a way to revert iOS.

Please help.

This just started happening to me only on my iPad. iOS 16.1.