{"id":914071,"date":"2026-06-19T18:17:41","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T23:17:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/19\/if-youre-trying-to-watch-youtube-on-switch-2-youll-now-get-an-error-code\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T18:17:41","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T23:17:41","slug":"if-youre-trying-to-watch-youtube-on-switch-2-youll-now-get-an-error-code","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/19\/if-youre-trying-to-watch-youtube-on-switch-2-youll-now-get-an-error-code\/","title":{"rendered":"If You&#8217;re Trying To Watch YouTube On Switch 2, You&#8217;ll Now Get An Error Code"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"body\">\n<article id=\"article\">\n<header>\n<section>\n<p>It was fun while it lasted<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<ul>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/users\/79507\/avatar.jpg?v=1682048945\" width=\"30\" height=\"30\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Liam_Doolan\">by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/authors\/Liam_Doolan\">Liam Doolan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><time data-days=\"5\" datetime=\"2026-05-09T03:30:00+00:00\">Sat 9th May 2026<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<\/header>\n<div>\n<section>\n<figure data-uuid=\"40607bbe78f06\"><a title=\"Nintendo Switch 2\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/40607bbe78f06\/nintendo-switch-2.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/40607bbe78f06\/nintendo-switch-2.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" alt=\"Nintendo Switch 2\"><\/a><figcaption><em><span class><\/span> Image: Jim Norman \/ Nintendo Life<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Earlier this week, a story surfaced about Switch 2 users accessing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/youtube\">YouTube<\/a> via the free-to-play title <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/super_animal_royale\">Super Animal Royale<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Players reported opening a web browser within the game, and from there, they were able to visit the global video-sharing platform.<\/p>\n<p>Now, in an update, it seems this trick no longer works. We had a look ourselves and were also presented with Error Code: 2800-1230 when trying to access YouTube via the in-game news feed:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Error Code: 2800-1230<\/strong> &#8211; &#8220;The page could not be displayed due to an error.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div>\n<figure data-videoid=\"8i2vvu-qeBQ\" data-start=\"0\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8i2vvu-qeBQ?rel=0&#038;hd=1&#038;showinfo=0&#038;modestbranding=0&#038;autohide=1\">\n<div><iframe id=\"yt8i2vvu-qeBQ\" title=\"YouTube Video\" data-src-fallback=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/8i2vvu-qeBQ?rel=0&#038;hd=1&#038;showinfo=0&#038;modestbranding=0&#038;autohide=1\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8i2vvu-qeBQ?rel=0&#038;hd=1&#038;showinfo=0&#038;modestbranding=0&#038;autohide=1\" data-consent=\"targeting\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" width=\"890\" height=\"501\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" data-src-primis=\"https:\/\/live.primis.tech\/live\/liveView.php?s=117114&#038;vp_content=embed4c3af8xzmhln&#038;schain=1.0,1!ziffdavis.com,22392450815,1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/nintendolife?sub_confirmation=1\">Nintendo Life<\/a> on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/nintendolife?sub_confirmation=1\"><span>YouTube<\/span><span>848k<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n<p>There has been no official comment about access being cut off, but if we hear any updates from Nintendo, or the developer or publisher of this title, we&#8217;ll let you know.<\/p>\n<p>YouTube has said it intends to offer its app on the Switch 2 &#8220;soon&#8221; on multiple occasions, and <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TeamYouTube\/status\/2051163154877415557\">issued a reminder<\/a> about this earlier this week on social media:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Team YouTube<\/strong>: &#8220;While YouTube is still unavailable on the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/38Bmhf2\" target=\"_blank\">Nintendo Switch<\/a> 2, we&#8217;re hoping to be offering it soon.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>So, for now, it seems we&#8217;re back to waiting for the YouTube app to get an official release on the Switch 2.<\/p>\n<p>Did you try out YouTube via Super Animal Royale earlier this week? Will you use YouTube on the Switch 2 when it eventually shows up? <em>Let us know in the comments.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>[source <a title=\"External Link: https:\/\/nintendoeverything.com\/new-method-found-to-watch-youtube-on-nintendo-switch-2-but-with-caveats\/\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/nintendoeverything.com\/new-method-found-to-watch-youtube-on-nintendo-switch-2-but-with-caveats\/\">nintendoeverything.com<\/a>]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/users\/79507\/photo\/0\/avatar.jpg?v=1753561432\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Liam Doolan\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Liam is a news writer and reviewer on Nintendo Life. He&#8217;s been writing about games for more than 15 years and is a lifelong fan of many iconic video game characters.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/authors\/Liam_Doolan\"><span><\/span> Author Profile<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/liamdoolan.bsky.social\"><span><\/span> Bluesky<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a onclick=\"return replyTo('Liam_Doolan');\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#\"> Reply<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2026\/05\/if-youre-trying-to-watch-youtube-on-switch-2-youll-now-get-an-error-code\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was fun while it lasted by Liam Doolan Sat 9th May 2026 Image: Jim Norman \/ Nintendo Life Earlier this week, a story surfaced about Switch 2 users accessing YouTube via the free-to-play title Super Animal Royale. Players reported opening a web browser within the game, and from there, they were able to visit [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":914072,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1446,2972,104640],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-914071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-trying","category-youre","category-youtube-videos"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/914071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=914071"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/914071\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/914072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=914071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=914071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=914071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}