No further details were shared, including whether YouTube is updating its app to work with both Switch generations or building a Switch 2-specific version. The original Nintendo Switch YouTube app wasn’t released until November 8th, 2018, well after the Switch’s launch date on March 3rd, 2017.

While you can access the app on your smartphone, YouTube for Switch 2 could expand the scope of the handheld console.

The Nintendo Switch 2 doesn't have many entertainment apps, making the lack of YouTube sorely missed, but Nintendo is working on a solution.

Nintendo has announced Splatoon Raiders – the series' first spin-off game and a Nintendo Switch 2 exclusive.

The YouTube app is available through the Nintendo eShop, but it is currently exclusive to the original Switch, meaning players swapping over to the Switch 2 are unable to use the app. Some players are already reaching out on social media to ask for an app to be added, and Google has replied to one of the requests.

Zack Nelson of the popular JerryRigEverything YouTube channel is more used to putting smartphones through his demanding durability test, but he clearly couldn’t resist doing the same with Nintendo’s just-released Switch 2 handheld to find out if it’s a “pass” or “fail” when it comes to hardiness.

As people get their hands on new Switch 2 consoles, a few are running into issues before they start playing. The months of anticipation for the Nintendo Switch 2 ended this week as the first buyers brought their consoles home and prepared to play games. But not everyone has had a seamless experience.

Some enterprising hackers have already discovered an exploit on the just-launched Nintendo Switch 2. Bluesky user David Buchanan was the first to show off the exploit, where he apparently discovered a weakness in the console’s shared library.