If you follow a lot of channels on YouTube, you probably do not want to look each one up again. FeedBro can read your subscription list once and let you pick the channels you want to read here, with their new videos in the same list as your other feeds.
Import your channels
- Open Settings and go to Feeds. You will find a card called YouTube subscriptions. You can also start from the add feed window, where the YouTube hint has a link to import them with your Google account.
- Press Check for new channels.
- Sign in with Google and allow read-only access to your YouTube subscriptions.
- FeedBro shows the channels it found. Tick the ones you want, or use Select all.
- Press Add selected channels.
The channels you pick become feeds. Big lists are added in the background, and you get a notice when they are done. If you pick more channels than your plan allows, FeedBro adds what fits and tells you the limit was reached. Free has 50 feeds.
What FeedBro can and cannot see
The access is read-only. FeedBro cannot post, subscribe, unsubscribe or change anything on your YouTube account. For a one-time import, FeedBro reads the list and then ends the access with Google straight away. Nothing from Google is kept, and the list of channels waits for you to choose for up to an hour, then it is gone.
Choosing which channels
Nothing is followed unless you tick it. Channels you already follow in FeedBro are left out of the list, so running the import again will not add duplicates. If a channel cannot be added, the message names it, so you can look it up by hand.
Optional: a daily check for new channels
A one-time import does not know about channels you subscribe to later. If you want that, press Check every day instead. This time FeedBro keeps a read-only permission to your subscription list, stored encrypted.
- Every morning (around 06:10 UTC) FeedBro looks at your list and notices channels that are new since the last look.
- It sends you a notice, such as New YouTube channels. Nothing is followed on its own.
- In Settings under Feeds you will see how many new channels were found. Press Review to choose which ones to add.
- You can still press Check for new channels at any time to check right away.
Turn it off
In the same card, press Disconnect. FeedBro ends the permission with Google and deletes what it stored. You can also remove FeedBro from the connected apps in your Google account. If Google ends the permission itself, FeedBro tells you and the daily check stops until you connect again.
Watching the videos
A video opens in the article and plays there, so you do not have to leave FeedBro. The video at the top of an article starts on its own without sound while it is on screen. Tap it to turn the sound on. If your connection cannot reach YouTube, FeedBro shows the picture and a link to open the video there.
Leaving out Shorts
If you do not want Shorts in your lists, open Settings and go to Reading. Set YouTube Shorts to Hide. They are left out of your lists and unread counts, and Shorts you saved stay in Saved. For finer control, an automation with the condition Is a YouTube Short can hide them or do something else, such as mark them as read. After you save it, give it a few minutes to go through your videos.
Good to know
- YouTube pauses its channel feeds for a few hours most days. FeedBro shows Waiting for YouTube on those channels, and the videos appear by themselves once YouTube is back.
- It works in the Android and iPhone apps too. The list opens in the app so you can choose there.
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