YouTube TV subscribers who own Apple TV and Fire TV streaming media players can now listen to Dolby 5.1 surround sound audio. The roll-out was announced by YouTube TV on Twitter yesterday where the tweet also promised support for game consoles is on the way.
The new 5.1 support for Amazon Fire TV and Apple TV follows last summer’s launch of the surround sound format for Google TV, Android TV, Chromecast, and Roku devices.
The 5.1 audio works for live streams, DVR, and video-on-demand content (as long as supported by the channel).
I used to have no issue with YouTube but this is just plain annoying. It used to work perfectly fine but now when watching a video I have to be especially careful not to touch the screen while a video