YouTube app keeps pausing the video I am using a Nexus 5 D820 rooted stock Android 6.0.1 MOB30D.  The YouTube app version is 11.x and is the latest as I checked for the updates today.

The app pauses the video at random. I had to tap the play symbol at the center to start it to play.  This is not same as buffering as in buffering one would see a progress and the play symbol does not come up when the video is stopped.


I tried this with my headsets and without headsets to rule out the
press of headset button or something allied to cause the issue.
I also tried this in 3G and in WiFi, both in high res and low res.
I also tried this in offline mode.


In each and every case, the YouTube app pauses the video almost for once for every minute.  I do not want to switch over to another app and I cannot uninstall it as well.

Does anybody have any solutions? Thanks.
I figured out what the problem is, it's because the phone thinks you keep plugging/unplugging the headphones. Try using another set of headphones and that should fix it.

I used the headphone that came with my PS4 and it caused the problem, it kept restarting but YouTube was still pausing until i changed the headphones then it went back to normal.

Hope that helps.