I ran into the same grey not selectable google box so I closed out of the web brower and relaunched the browser. Went to plex.tv and it showed it ungrey. It does take a couple tried but worked. I login in that way, closed and check the YouTube entertainment app and now showed me logged in. I'd recommend closing out and retrying. Good luck!
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I ran into the same grey not selectable google box so I closed out of the web brower and relaunched the browser. Went to plex.tv and it showed it ungrey. It does take a couple tried but worked. I login in that way, closed and check the YouTube entertainment app and now showed me logged in. I'd recommend closing out and retrying. Good luck!
DopeGhoti
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Just remember that being logged into Youtube means being logged into Google which means being logged into Gmail.
If you're thusly logged in that means anyone who can use your car's MFD has access to your Gmail account, and can read all of your email in your Gmail account as well as send email messages as you. If you do this be sure to remember to log out before giving a valet, service tech, or the like access to your car.
If you're thusly logged in that means anyone who can use your car's MFD has access to your Gmail account, and can read all of your email in your Gmail account as well as send email messages as you. If you do this be sure to remember to log out before giving a valet, service tech, or the like access to your car.
FalconFour
Member
Figure it's worth mentioning a bit of a summary here...
1) YouTube login is Google's unified login. Log in to Google, it logs you into everything (Gmail, YouTube, Google, etc).
2) Google broke Tesla's login, not Tesla. Google has some arbitrary block against any kind of embedded browser. Maybe to protect against bots attempting thousands of automated logins? Who knows, but it's Google's issue, not Tesla. Tesla would have to break Google's rules to "fix" this.
3) YouTube app in the car is merely a full-screen browser window - so it preserves login cookies and everything between the "browser" app and the YouTube/Hulu/Netflix browser "apps" in full screen.
d) Many sites have a Google login option (including TMC). Logging in using Google seems to use a slightly different login mechanism that Google hasn't blocked - so it works that way to get logged into Google's universal login.
5) Log in with the Browser, to any site that has a Google login button - even if you've never used Google login on that site before - and it'll get you logged into everything: Gmail, Google, and of course YouTube.
8) Once logged in, you'll probably never need to log in again. It stays, basically permanently.
B) Plex is only one of countless websites with a "Log in with Google" function. You don't have to use Plex at all for anything, but it's nice.
0) You might also like A Better Theater (open that site in the car browser; it'll launch theater) to let you use nearly any video site in full-screen theater mode. Browser video codecs are only enabled in Theater mode for regulatory reasons, so you can do things in theater mode that you can't do in browser mode.
9) You might not have noticed there isn't a 4, 6, or 7 above, because the world needs more clearly labeled humor for everyone to enjoy.
Hopefully this helps people jumping to the end of the thread looking for a solution
tl;dr: use the Browser to go to any site (like this one) and use the "log in with Google" button to get logged-in to Google. Then, you're automatically logged in to YouTube as well. But don't blame Tesla, because it's Google's fault.
1) YouTube login is Google's unified login. Log in to Google, it logs you into everything (Gmail, YouTube, Google, etc).
2) Google broke Tesla's login, not Tesla. Google has some arbitrary block against any kind of embedded browser. Maybe to protect against bots attempting thousands of automated logins? Who knows, but it's Google's issue, not Tesla. Tesla would have to break Google's rules to "fix" this.
3) YouTube app in the car is merely a full-screen browser window - so it preserves login cookies and everything between the "browser" app and the YouTube/Hulu/Netflix browser "apps" in full screen.
d) Many sites have a Google login option (including TMC). Logging in using Google seems to use a slightly different login mechanism that Google hasn't blocked - so it works that way to get logged into Google's universal login.
5) Log in with the Browser, to any site that has a Google login button - even if you've never used Google login on that site before - and it'll get you logged into everything: Gmail, Google, and of course YouTube.
8) Once logged in, you'll probably never need to log in again. It stays, basically permanently.
B) Plex is only one of countless websites with a "Log in with Google" function. You don't have to use Plex at all for anything, but it's nice.
0) You might also like A Better Theater (open that site in the car browser; it'll launch theater) to let you use nearly any video site in full-screen theater mode. Browser video codecs are only enabled in Theater mode for regulatory reasons, so you can do things in theater mode that you can't do in browser mode.
9) You might not have noticed there isn't a 4, 6, or 7 above, because the world needs more clearly labeled humor for everyone to enjoy.
Hopefully this helps people jumping to the end of the thread looking for a solution
tl;dr: use the Browser to go to any site (like this one) and use the "log in with Google" button to get logged-in to Google. Then, you're automatically logged in to YouTube as well. But don't blame Tesla, because it's Google's fault.
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This worked for me in my Tesla Model 3 using the sign-in method through plex.tv.
Anfieldgaz
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ehacke
Member
Everyone is getting a this now.
Google is blocking the login for some reason.
Hopefully fixed in the next update.
Google is blocking the login for some reason.
Hopefully fixed in the next update.
Pricedm
Member
@FalconFour thank you for the info. I associated my TMC account with Google. Then in my Model 3, I signed into my TMC account, using the Tesla internet browser. Then i was able to use the Tesla app to open YouTube. thanks for all who contributed to this helpful post.
sxnahm
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bohenriksson
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Watts_Up
Well-Known Member
I believe this issue can been solve by first login to your gmail account using the Web browser.
bohenriksson
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EvolutionTeʂla
Member
I’m having the same issue. The Plex.TV “sign in with Google” trick doesn’t seem to work anymore. It gives the same security error as on YouTube.com. Does anyone have another workaround?
JCtx
Member
So you can't log in using the method above? I haven't tried yet, but the good news is I do have a google account. Will memorize the log in credentials and give it a try during our trip tomorrow.
Silicon Desert
Well-Known Member
Uh Oh. Sounds like they know you are a republican. You are hosed...... ok, bad joke I guess.
Seriously though, what version of software are you talking about? I have 2020.48.30 and it seems to work ok. At least it did last night.
bohenriksson
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bohenriksson
Member
Yes everyone with an “R” in their name gets kicked off YouTube ha ha!
Same software version, tried rebooting the screen and so on to no avail...
Same software version, tried rebooting the screen and so on to no avail...
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