[2][3] Other features of the app included SponsorBlock, background play, free picture-in-picture (PiP), an AMOLED black theme, swipe control for brightness and volume, and implementation of the Return YouTube Dislike browser extension.

[2][3][7][9][10][11] The app continued to function for remaining users until late April 2023, when the core playback feature of YouTube Vanced was rendered nonfunctional without any further updates.

[12][13] After the discontinuation of YouTube Vanced, similar applications, such as ReVanced, emerged as replacements.

In 2015, an xPosed module named "YouTube Background Playback" was developed by GitHub users pylerSM, esgie, and sigv.

[20] On March 13, 2022, Google sent a cease-and-desist to Team Vanced, causing the project to be shut down.