Then you open the terminal and type the command to install the app. When the manager tries to install and fails you move the apks it downloaded to the Linux folder. Since the manager can't do it for us we just have to do it ourselves. Vanced downloads its apps in its folder in the process of installation. You have to be able to view your android files in the file explorer, so change this in the settings first.

Since you can't install apps inside other apps I had to find a way around this. So I just downloaded vanced manager like you normally would and started downloading the app. You can't install apps directly in Chrome OS, but you can install downloaded apks through Linux adb.

Hi! It was pretty tricky, but I managed to get it working in the end. With the Chrome browser, I'm not getting that experience.Īlternatively, you can install the Chrome extension 'Magic Actions for YouTube'.it's an incredible extension and blocks all ads and commercials. Video is on the left side, comments pop up on the right side. You can navigate the comments section without veering away from the content that's being played, meaning I can have my eyes fixed on both the video being played and scrolling through the comments simultaneously through the mobile app. YouTube vanced is installed via adb in Linux which came bundled in my Chromebook, all without needing to enable Developer Mode and wiping out your system.įor this reason, ads notwithstanding, perhaps some people may benefit or enjoy the mobile app version of YouTube.

When I do a side-by-side comparison, I prefer the mobile app more. I have both a YouTube apk installed alongside navigating YouTube through the Chrome browser ad-free. I have the newest Lenovo IdeaPad Duet 5 13.3 incher and it's great. I would like to chime in to say that one reason to have YouTube Vanced on the Chromebook is because it would be a mobile APK (within the Chromebook environment) that offers a better experience (in my opinion) than visiting even an Ad-less YouTube account from the Chrome browser.

Install adb on chromebook