New MCU 2 annoyance

[airborne spoon]

Just got the new MCU upgrade and it's really annoying that I can't sign into youtube. So all it shows is the BS trending crap that well as we all know is all hot garbage.
So I have to sit here and type in the channel I wanna watch to find it. That's just insane.

Why would tesla make a browser that google doesn't approve of?

 

[zanary]

Why would tesla make a browser that google doesn't approve of?

You mean, "Why does Google restrict certain browsers for login and but not for viewing videos?"

 

[airborne spoon]

You mean, "Why does Google restrict certain browsers for login and but not for viewing videos?"

You can't login to the browser either

 

[Crutonius]

Somebody posted a workaround somewhere. I think it was on this forum. It involved signing into I think plex on the browser.

 

[zanary]

You can't login to the browser either

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Directly, no one can login, but using the workaround that is posted on TMC you can. You'll have to locate that workaround on TMC as I don't remember what it is exactly.

 

[Wol747]

Set up an account with Plex, log in to Plex in the car and you then have access to your YouTube account as well: worked for me!

 

[Zuikkis]

Set up an account with Plex, log in to Plex in the car and you then have access to your YouTube account as well: worked for me!

You don't actually need a plex account. Just go to plex.tv and click "google login".

Any site with google login should work, not just Plex.

 

[Wol747]

I stand corrected!

 

[airborne spoon]

You don't actually need a plex account. Just go to plex.tv and click "google login".

Any site with google login should work, not just Plex.

Plex doesn't work, it just sits there on a loading circle forever.

Anyone know some other sites that use a google sign-in?

 

[airborne spoon]

I even tried the TMC page, once i click google login it loads the normal looking google login page which after i type in my username it says the BS about not being a secure browser.

 

[Zuikkis]

Ah. Google must have "fixed" that workaround.

Try to find other sites with google login if they work.

It is Google's fault mainly. You can easily find stories on the internet where people get the same error on their desktop computer, running latest Chrome or Firefox.. There is "something" in the browser that Google thinks is suspicious and prevents access. On desktop computer you usually get it working after twiddling with the settings, but obviously that can't be done on a Tesla so the problem persists.

However, it's a mystery why Tesla and Google don't work this out together. Can't be that difficult..

 

[Zuikkis]

Found this article:

Tesla Owners Can't Sign into YouTube Due to Google Security Change - TeslaNorth.com

There is a recent change, Google has prevented all logins from "embedded systems" which Tesla MCU obviously is..

If you have logged in earlier (using the Plex trick), do NOT log out as there is no way to get back in.

 

[bktiger86]

I am getting my MCU2 today. Looks like I have a lot of learning to do. Good thing I saw this thread or else I would've thought something was wrong. I think coming from MCU1 I am actually just glad that I will have Youtube/Netflix/HULU

 

[airborne spoon]

I am getting my MCU2 today. Looks like I have a lot of learning to do. Good thing I saw this thread or else I would've thought something was wrong. I think coming from MCU1 I am actually just glad that I will have Youtube/Netflix/HULU

Yeah its super snappy and much faster, and the screen is like going from 244p to 1080p its so crisp. But for me not being able to login to youtube is a massive inconvenience. I was on the chat with tesla and they said they are working on it and google is the issue. I told them google said was a tesla issue and they need to just use the normal everyday linux version of chrome and the issue will likely be solved.

 

[brother27]

Yeah its super snappy and much faster, and the screen is like going from 244p to 1080p its so crisp. But for me not being able to login to youtube is a massive inconvenience. I was on the chat with tesla and they said they are working on it and google is the issue. I told them google said was a tesla issue and they need to just use the normal everyday linux version of chrome and the issue will likely be solved.

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Love the blame game

 

[azred]

I guess there are advantages to opening YouTube in the browser instead of opening the YouTube app. But for the amount of usage in one’s car, it seems like much ado about very little. I always use the app, usually just long enough to access YTTV. (BTW if you are a YTTV and TMobile customer, effective 4/6 you can get $10 off your YTTV monthly fee. TMobile is dropping its almost new streaming TV package and hooking up with Google/YTTV.)

 

[airborne spoon]

I guess there are advantages to opening YouTube in the browser instead of opening the YouTube app. But for the amount of usage in one’s car, it seems like much ado about very little. I always use the app, usually just long enough to access YTTV. (BTW if you are a YTTV and TMobile customer, effective 4/6 you can get $10 off your YTTV monthly fee. TMobile is dropping its almost new streaming TV package and hooking up with Google/YTTV.)

I have a P85D so it charges slow and i make a lot of stops at SC since it charges faster at lower levels. So it would be a lot easier to login to YT in the car so i could see all my subscriptions instead of searching by creator to see if the new content. Not sure what you are talking about by the app but i assume you mean on your phone since the car YT "app" is just a browser page, and I'm not gonna waste my mobile data when i have free data in the car.
Also YT can keep throwing the double unskippable ads at me and i will never pay for their ad free crap

 

[pabla]

For anyone wondering I logged in through SoundCloud to get my YouTube to log in

 

[Ryououki]

For anyone wondering I logged in through SoundCloud to get my YouTube to log in

Just got the MCU2 upgrade yesterday and tried SoundCloud and it fails as well. Also tried using Plex.tv, which is what I successfully used on my other MS a few months ago, but it also does not work on my just upgraded MS.

 

[Wol747]

I have a P85D so it charges slow and i make a lot of stops at SC since it charges faster at lower levels. So it would be a lot easier to login to YT in the car so i could see all my subscriptions instead of searching by creator to see if the new content. Not sure what you are talking about by the app but i assume you mean on your phone since the car YT "app" is just a browser page, and I'm not gonna waste my mobile data when i have free data in the car.
Also YT can keep throwing the double unskippable ads at me and i will never pay for their ad free crap

It's been on several threads before: if you log into/create a Plex account (even if you never use it) it allows you to log in to YouTube and after that it just come up with your subscription and your YT likes etc.