I know that many people have had problems with the freezing/hanging/buffering of You Tube videos on the Nexus 7 - but I have not seen any definitive answer/solution to a very,very real problem.
Generally, the approach is "well I don't have any problems". This is most unhelpful because I DO, and so, apparently do many others.
This device is a Google flagship, and You Tube is a Google company, so why is it that there is a problem streaming the one on the other? Friends with iPads are laughing at the sheer ineffectualness of the N7 when playing You Tube on what is, in a lot of ways, a superior device to the Apple.
Can someone please supply an answer because I have tried everything that I can think of, and that others have suggested - it is, for example, impossible to uninstall the app on my unrooted device, and just deleting data and/or updates does nothing. I have tried also PVStar+ as an alternative, but this also has a problem of late.
Now, does the N7 have a problem with video streaming? Or is it just MY N7 that is the problem? Do I have a case for returning to manufacturer? If so, who do I contact, Google, or ASUS?
I am at my wits end.......Please help.

For some time now my otherwise excellent nexus 7 has been having buffering problems in YouTube. I tried everything including removing the cache and other steps recommended. Nothing worked. Until.........

Now when the screen freezes (dreaded circling circle), I hit the menu (three dots) icon on top right, press "settings", then "return". At this point the circle has been replaced by the arrow and the video starts up where it left off when it is pressed. It can happen more than 5 times in one 40 minute video (I do love aircrash investigations!)

Why there is a problem in the first place, I have yet to discover - equally, I don't know why my solution works - it just does.

Can anyone enlighten me on these two conundrums?

Does anyone else suffer?

A solution offered by ASUS is to approach YouTube through the browser because the (uninstallable) app may be corrupted, but this spoils YouTube surfing.