14 DAY TRIAL // There were several important apps missing from Windows phones and while some have launched on the platform in the meantime, there are others that are very unlikely to debut on Windows devices anytime soon.
To compensate for lack of some key apps, such as Facebook and YouTube, Microsoft itself stepped in and developed its own clients that can access these services on Windows devices and this was undoubtedly an important decision for Windows phone users.
Facebook has already launched its own official apps on Windows 10, including here PCs and smartphones, but Google still isn’t planning to do the same thing, so alternative solutions remain very compelling for some users.
Microsoft was offering its very own YouTube app to Windows users, but its functionality was kind of limited and was more or less just a web wrapper that provided pretty much the same features as the web-based version of YouTube.
YouTube app is now gone
Recently, however, the YouTube app got pulled all of a sudden from the Windows Store as part of Microsoft’s cleaning process that was supposed to remove poor-quality apps and finally move the focus from quantity to quality.
As we’ve told you recently, Microsoft started a thorough app cleaning process in the Windows Store in order to remove titles that do not come in line with its quality guidelines, and it turns out that the YouTube client was one of the victims.
But is anyone still using the YouTube app on Windows devices? Probably not given the limited functionality, but also thanks to the third-party clients that are already offering superior performance on both desktops and mobile phones. Living proof is myTube!, which is currently one of the top YouTube clients available on Windows 10 PCs and mobile phones, but also on Surface Hub and HoloLens.
myTube offers a super-rich feature lineup that includes everything you can do on YouTube and can even play audio in the background, so it’s an excellent choice for listening to music.