TL;DR
- YouTube is rolling out an account lock that protects individual TV profiles with a four-digit code.
- Users can unlock their profile from the YouTube mobile app or reset a forgotten code with their Google credentials.
- The feature is coming globally to most smart TVs, streaming devices, and game consoles.
YouTube recently made watching videos on a TV less of a remote-control chore. Its new companion experience lets your phone handle searches, comments, and other fiddly tasks without interrupting whatever is playing on the big screen. Now, YouTube is giving that phone another useful job: unlocking your profile while keeping everyone else on the couch out of it.
YouTube has announced a new account lock feature for its TV app. It lets you protect an individual account with a four-digit code, preventing other people who share the TV from opening your profile and poking around your recommendations, subscriptions, or search history.
