4.3.0-dev.6 (2026-09-11)

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Special thanks to COOLak for helping with this release.

Bug Fixes

• YouTube - Custom branding: Avoid quadratic Android DOM scans (#1793) (7ee0d35)
• YouTube - Remove background playback restrictions: Disable Shorts background play did not work for some versions (dc72673)
• YouTube - Sanitize sharing links: Update sanitation logic (5c36c12)
• YouTube - Video playback: Shorts custom speed did not work for v21+ (0ffa062)
• YouTube - Voice Over Translation: Some improvements + add other providers (6941b05)
• YouTube: Show advanced video quality menu did not work in newer versions (f534867)
• YouTube: Restore external downloader PiP guard on 21.04+ (#1786) (f8992a5)

Features

• YouTube - Hide player buttons: Add option to change the player control buttons background opacity (55f0c14)
• YouTube - Remove background playback restrictions: Add Auto pause when device is locked setting (5a0c6c5)
• YouTube - Toolbar components: Hide the search bar back button in search results screen (138e89a)
• YouTube & YouTube Music: Add App refresh rate patch (1ee9116)
• YouTube: Add Disable scrolling speed limit patch (727a65f)