It’s not entirely clear why Google has suddenly marked Vanced Manager as a “harmful” app, but the decision appears to have been made on a wide basis, with reports across Reddit and Twitter in the past several hours. Signed by: CNYouTube Vanced, OUeventHorizon, OeventHorizon, LXDA. Controls brightness and volume with Swipe Control like the other video players such as MX Player (with configurable padding). With adblocking enabled blocks all ads in videos and play videos in the background or PiP (Picture in Picture) mode - supports android 8.0 and up. Protect can monitor for malicious apps and behavior and alert you upon installation or after the app has been installed. Download 4.3MB Vanced Manager 2.6.2 (Crimson) old version APK free for Android. Features the true AMOLED dark mode to reduce battery and eye strain. Google Play Protect is installed on the vast majority of Android devices at this point, as a safeguard for apps installed both from the Play Store and sideloaded. It’s similar to how Fortnite is distributed on Android through the Epic Games Store app. Vanced Manager isn’t the same app as YouTube Vanced directly, but rather an app that acts as a sort of “app store” to keep Vanced updated, as well as to install it initially. Over the past several hours, Android users with the Vanced Manager app installed have been getting notifications from Google Play Protect saying that the app is “harmful” and “puts your device at risk.”

Now, those with the app still installed are seeing Google Play Protect marking Vanced Manager as “harmful,” and prompting the app to be uninstalled. The feature-adding and ad-blocking YouTube Vanced app was discontinued earlier this month, but the app’s developers said it would continue to work until changes to YouTube’s API killed it off for good.

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