YouTube Investigates Bug Causing Videos to Default to Low Quality

The issue affects multiple platforms, leaving users frustrated as videos revert to 144p or 360p despite strong internet connections.

YouTube has acknowledged a bug causing videos to default to low resolutions on iOS, desktop, and Smart TVs, while Android devices remain unaffected.
Users report videos defaulting to 144p or 360p, with attempts to manually adjust quality often resulting in buffering or reversion to lower resolutions.
The issue impacts both long-form videos and YouTube Shorts, with no effective troubleshooting methods identified by users so far.
YouTube has confirmed its team is actively investigating the problem, though the exact cause remains unknown and no fix has been implemented yet.
Reports of the bug have surfaced on forums and DownDetector, but the problem does not appear to be widespread based on complaint volumes.