This release makes YT Zero more personal, private, and flexible—from what you watch next to who can access what.
- Build a temporary play queue for the current browser tab, then save it as a personal playlist whenever you like.
- Choose which channels and playlists can notify you, independently of your general notification settings.
- Set custom playback-speed options up to 4×.
- Manage household access with profile groups and a detailed permission matrix.
- Use YT Zero in French, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Japanese, or Hungarian—alongside English, Polish, and German. The interface and playlist titles now consistently follow your profile language.
- Keep incognito viewing out of related-video recommendations for stronger privacy.
- Stream subtitles on demand without creating files on disk, while keeping downloaded and TubeArchivist subtitles available offline.
- Improve direct playback for cookie-authenticated yt-dlp streams and reduce memory use with TubeArchivist.
Also included: smoother playlist navigation and pickers, searchable settings improvements, fullscreen captions that stay above the timeline, reliable video-card action saving, and a collection of small visual and usability refinements.
Full Changelog: 2026.08.36...2026.09.1