diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3ed8717f0..a35efffc4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1758,7 +1758,7 @@ $ yt-dlp --replace-in-metadata "title,uploader" "[ _]" "-"
 
 # EXTRACTOR ARGUMENTS
 
-Some extractors accept additional arguments which can be passed using `--extractor-args KEY:ARGS`. `ARGS` is a `;` (semicolon) separated string of `ARG=VAL1,VAL2`. E.g. `--extractor-args "youtube:player-client=android_embedded,web;formats=incomplete" --extractor-args "funimation:version=uncut"`
+Some extractors accept additional arguments which can be passed using `--extractor-args KEY:ARGS`. `ARGS` is a `;` (semicolon) separated string of `ARG=VAL1,VAL2`. E.g. `--extractor-args "youtube:player-client=mediaconnect,web;formats=incomplete" --extractor-args "funimation:version=uncut"`
 
 Note: In CLI, `ARG` can use `-` instead of `_`; e.g. `youtube:player-client"` becomes `youtube:player_client"`
 
@@ -1767,7 +1767,7 @@ The following extractors use this feature:
 #### youtube
 * `lang`: Prefer translated metadata (`title`, `description` etc) of this language code (case-sensitive). By default, the video primary language metadata is preferred, with a fallback to `en` translated. See [youtube.py](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/blob/c26f9b991a0681fd3ea548d535919cec1fbbd430/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube.py#L381-L390) for list of supported content language codes
 * `skip`: One or more of `hls`, `dash` or `translated_subs` to skip extraction of the m3u8 manifests, dash manifests and [auto-translated subtitles](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/4090#issuecomment-1158102032) respectively
-* `player_client`: Clients to extract video data from. The main clients are `web`, `ios` and `android`, with variants `_music`, `_embedded`, `_embedscreen`, `_creator` (e.g. `web_embedded`); and `mediaconnect`, `mweb`, `mweb_embedscreen` and `tv_embedded` (agegate bypass) with no variants. By default, `ios,web` is used, but `tv_embedded` and `creator` variants are added as required for age-gated videos. Similarly, the music variants are added for `music.youtube.com` urls. The `android` clients will always be given lowest priority since their formats are broken. You can use `all` to use all the clients, and `default` for the default clients.
+* `player_client`: Clients to extract video data from. The main clients are `web`, `ios` and `android`, with variants `_music` and `_creator` (e.g. `web_creator`); and `mediaconnect`, `mweb`, `android_producer`, `android_testsuite`, `android_vr`, `web_safari`, `web_embedded`, `tv` and `tv_embedded` with no variants. By default, `ios,web` is used, but `tv_embedded` and `_creator` variants are added as required for age-gated videos. Similarly, the music variants are added for `music.youtube.com` urls. Most `android` clients will be given lowest priority since their formats are broken. You can use `all` to use all the clients, and `default` for the default clients.
 * `player_skip`: Skip some network requests that are generally needed for robust extraction. One or more of `configs` (skip client configs), `webpage` (skip initial webpage), `js` (skip js player). While these options can help reduce the number of requests needed or avoid some rate-limiting, they could cause some issues. See [#860](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/pull/860) for more details
 * `player_params`: YouTube player parameters to use for player requests. Will overwrite any default ones set by yt-dlp.
 * `comment_sort`: `top` or `new` (default) - choose comment sorting mode (on YouTube's side)
@@ -1775,7 +1775,7 @@ The following extractors use this feature:
     * E.g. `all,all,1000,10` will get a maximum of 1000 replies total, with up to 10 replies per thread. `1000,all,100` will get a maximum of 1000 comments, with a maximum of 100 replies total
 * `formats`: Change the types of formats to return. `dashy` (convert HTTP to DASH), `duplicate` (identical content but different URLs or protocol; includes `dashy`), `incomplete` (cannot be downloaded completely - live dash and post-live m3u8)
 * `innertube_host`: Innertube API host to use for all API requests; e.g. `studio.youtube.com`, `youtubei.googleapis.com`. Note that cookies exported from one subdomain will not work on others
-* `innertube_key`: Innertube API key to use for all API requests
+* `innertube_key`: Innertube API key to use for all API requests. By default, no API key is used
 * `raise_incomplete_data`: `Incomplete Data Received` raises an error instead of reporting a warning
 
 #### youtubetab (YouTube playlists, channels, feeds, etc.)
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube.py
index 7364e8a2e..1a3e286c6 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube.py
@@ -72,133 +72,169 @@ STREAMING_DATA_CLIENT_NAME = '__yt_dlp_client'
 # any clients starting with _ cannot be explicitly requested by the user
 INNERTUBE_CLIENTS = {
     'web': {
-        'INNERTUBE_API_KEY': 'AIzaSyAO_FJ2SlqU8Q4STEHLGCilw_Y9_11qcW8',
         'INNERTUBE_CONTEXT': {
             'client': {
                 'clientName': 'WEB',
-                'clientVersion': '2.20220801.00.00',
+                'clientVersion': '2.20240726.00.00',
+            },
+        },
+        'INNERTUBE_CONTEXT_CLIENT_NAME': 1,
+    },
+    # Safari UA returns pre-merged video+audio 144p/240p/360p/720p/1080p HLS formats
+    'web_safari': {
+        'INNERTUBE_CONTEXT': {
+            'client': {
+                'clientName': 'WEB',
+                'clientVersion': '2.20240726.00.00',
+                'userAgent': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/15.5 Safari/605.1.15,gzip(gfe)',
             },
         },
         'INNERTUBE_CONTEXT_CLIENT_NAME': 1,
     },
     'web_embedded': {
-        'INNERTUBE_API_KEY': 'AIzaSyAO_FJ2SlqU8Q4STEHLGCilw_Y9_11qcW8',
         'INNERTUBE_CONTEXT': {
             'client': {
                 'clientName': 'WEB_EMBEDDED_PLAYER',
-                'clientVersion': '1.20220731.00.00',
+                'clientVersion': '1.20240723.01.00',
             },
         },
         'INNERTUBE_CONTEXT_CLIENT_NAME': 56,
     },
     'web_music': {
-        'INNERTUBE_API_KEY': 'AIzaSyC9XL3ZjWddXya6X74dJoCTL-WEYFDNX30',
         'INNERTUBE_HOST': 'music.youtube.com',
         'INNERTUBE_CONTEXT': {
             'client': {
                 'clientName': 'WEB_REMIX',
-                'clientVersion': '1.20220727.01.00',
+                'clientVersion': '1.20240724.00.00',
             },
         },
         'INNERTUBE_CONTEXT_CLIENT_NAME': 67,
     },
     'web_creator': {
-        'INNERTUBE_API_KEY': 'AIzaSyBUPetSUmoZL-OhlxA7wSac5XinrygCqMo',
         'INNERTUBE_CONTEXT': {
             'client': {
                 'clientName': 'WEB_CREATOR',
-                'clientVersion': '1.20220726.00.00',
+                'clientVersion': '1.20240723.03.00',
             },
         },
         'INNERTUBE_CONTEXT_CLIENT_NAME': 62,
     },
     'android': {
-        'INNERTUBE_API_KEY': 'AIzaSyA8eiZmM1FaDVjRy-df2KTyQ_vz_yYM39w',
         'INNERTUBE_CONTEXT': {
             'client': {
                 'clientName': 'ANDROID',
-                'clientVersion': '19.09.37',
+                'clientVersion': '19.29.37',
                 'androidSdkVersion': 30,
-                'userAgent': 'com.google.android.youtube/19.09.37 (Linux; U; Android 11) gzip',
+                'userAgent': 'com.google.android.youtube/19.29.37 (Linux; U; Android 11) gzip',
+                'osName': 'Android',
+                'osVersion': '11',
             },
         },
         'INNERTUBE_CONTEXT_CLIENT_NAME': 3,
         'REQUIRE_JS_PLAYER': False,
     },
-    'android_embedded': {
-        'INNERTUBE_API_KEY': 'AIzaSyCjc_pVEDi4qsv5MtC2dMXzpIaDoRFLsxw',
-        'INNERTUBE_CONTEXT': {
-            'client': {
-                'clientName': 'ANDROID_EMBEDDED_PLAYER',
-                'clientVersion': '19.09.37',
-                'androidSdkVersion': 30,
-                'userAgent': 'com.google.android.youtube/19.09.37 (Linux; U; Android 11) gzip',
-            },
-        },
-        'INNERTUBE_CONTEXT_CLIENT_NAME': 55,
-        'REQUIRE_JS_PLAYER': False,
-    },
     'android_music': {
-        'INNERTUBE_API_KEY': 'AIzaSyAOghZGza2MQSZkY_zfZ370N-PUdXEo8AI',
         'INNERTUBE_CONTEXT': {
             'client': {
                 'clientName': 'ANDROID_MUSIC',
-                'clientVersion': '6.42.52',
+                'clientVersion': '7.11.50',
                 'androidSdkVersion': 30,
-                'userAgent': 'com.google.android.apps.youtube.music/6.42.52 (Linux; U; Android 11) gzip',
+                'userAgent': 'com.google.android.apps.youtube.music/7.11.50 (Linux; U; Android 11) gzip',
+                'osName': 'Android',
+                'osVersion': '11',
             },
         },
         'INNERTUBE_CONTEXT_CLIENT_NAME': 21,
         'REQUIRE_JS_PLAYER': False,
     },
     'android_creator': {
-        'INNERTUBE_API_KEY': 'AIzaSyD_qjV8zaaUMehtLkrKFgVeSX_Iqbtyws8',
         'INNERTUBE_CONTEXT': {
             'client': {
                 'clientName': 'ANDROID_CREATOR',
-                'clientVersion': '22.30.100',
+                'clientVersion': '24.30.100',
                 'androidSdkVersion': 30,
-                'userAgent': 'com.google.android.apps.youtube.creator/22.30.100 (Linux; U; Android 11) gzip',
+                'userAgent': 'com.google.android.apps.youtube.creator/24.30.100 (Linux; U; Android 11) gzip',
+                'osName': 'Android',
+                'osVersion': '11',
             },
         },
         'INNERTUBE_CONTEXT_CLIENT_NAME': 14,
         'REQUIRE_JS_PLAYER': False,
     },
+    # YouTube Kids videos aren't returned on this client for some reason
+    'android_vr': {
+        'INNERTUBE_CONTEXT': {
+            'client': {
+                'clientName': 'ANDROID_VR',
+                'clientVersion': '1.57.29',
+                'deviceMake': 'Oculus',
+                'deviceModel': 'Quest 3',
+                'androidSdkVersion': 32,
+                'userAgent': 'com.google.android.apps.youtube.vr.oculus/1.57.29 (Linux; U; Android 12L; eureka-user Build/SQ3A.220605.009.A1) gzip',
+                'osName': 'Android',
+                'osVersion': '12L',
+            },
+        },
+        'INNERTUBE_CONTEXT_CLIENT_NAME': 28,
+        'REQUIRE_JS_PLAYER': False,
+    },
+    'android_testsuite': {
+        'INNERTUBE_CONTEXT': {
+            'client': {
+                'clientName': 'ANDROID_TESTSUITE',
+                'clientVersion': '1.9',
+                'androidSdkVersion': 30,
+                'userAgent': 'com.google.android.youtube/1.9 (Linux; U; Android 11) gzip',
+                'osName': 'Android',
+                'osVersion': '11',
+            },
+        },
+        'INNERTUBE_CONTEXT_CLIENT_NAME': 30,
+        'REQUIRE_JS_PLAYER': False,
+        'PLAYER_PARAMS': '2AMB',
+    },
+    # This client only has legacy formats and storyboards
+    'android_producer': {
+        'INNERTUBE_CONTEXT': {
+            'client': {
+                'clientName': 'ANDROID_PRODUCER',
+                'clientVersion': '0.111.1',
+                'androidSdkVersion': 30,
+                'userAgent': 'com.google.android.apps.youtube.producer/0.111.1 (Linux; U; Android 11) gzip',
+                'osName': 'Android',
+                'osVersion': '11',
+            },
+        },
+        'INNERTUBE_CONTEXT_CLIENT_NAME': 91,
+        'REQUIRE_JS_PLAYER': False,
+    },
     # iOS clients have HLS live streams. Setting device model to get 60fps formats.
     # See: https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipeExtractor/issues/680#issuecomment-1002724558
     'ios': {
-        'INNERTUBE_API_KEY': 'AIzaSyB-63vPrdThhKuerbB2N_l7Kwwcxj6yUAc',
         'INNERTUBE_CONTEXT': {
             'client': {
                 'clientName': 'IOS',
-                'clientVersion': '19.09.3',
-                'deviceModel': 'iPhone14,3',
-                'userAgent': 'com.google.ios.youtube/19.09.3 (iPhone14,3; U; CPU iOS 15_6 like Mac OS X)',
+                'clientVersion': '19.29.1',
+                'deviceMake': 'Apple',
+                'deviceModel': 'iPhone16,2',
+                'userAgent': 'com.google.ios.youtube/19.29.1 (iPhone16,2; U; CPU iOS 17_5_1 like Mac OS X;)',
+                'osName': 'iPhone',
+                'osVersion': '17.5.1.21F90',
             },
         },
         'INNERTUBE_CONTEXT_CLIENT_NAME': 5,
         'REQUIRE_JS_PLAYER': False,
     },
-    'ios_embedded': {
-        'INNERTUBE_CONTEXT': {
-            'client': {
-                'clientName': 'IOS_MESSAGES_EXTENSION',
-                'clientVersion': '19.09.3',
-                'deviceModel': 'iPhone14,3',
-                'userAgent': 'com.google.ios.youtube/19.09.3 (iPhone14,3; U; CPU iOS 15_6 like Mac OS X)',
-            },
-        },
-        'INNERTUBE_CONTEXT_CLIENT_NAME': 66,
-        'REQUIRE_JS_PLAYER': False,
-    },
     'ios_music': {
-        'INNERTUBE_API_KEY': 'AIzaSyBAETezhkwP0ZWA02RsqT1zu78Fpt0bC_s',
         'INNERTUBE_CONTEXT': {
             'client': {
                 'clientName': 'IOS_MUSIC',
-                'clientVersion': '6.33.3',
-                'deviceModel': 'iPhone14,3',
-                'userAgent': 'com.google.ios.youtubemusic/6.33.3 (iPhone14,3; U; CPU iOS 15_6 like Mac OS X)',
+                'clientVersion': '7.08.2',
+                'deviceMake': 'Apple',
+                'deviceModel': 'iPhone16,2',
+                'userAgent': 'com.google.ios.youtubemusic/7.08.2 (iPhone16,2; U; CPU iOS 17_5_1 like Mac OS X;)',
+                'osName': 'iPhone',
+                'osVersion': '17.5.1.21F90',
             },
         },
         'INNERTUBE_CONTEXT_CLIENT_NAME': 26,
@@ -208,9 +244,12 @@ INNERTUBE_CLIENTS = {
         'INNERTUBE_CONTEXT': {
             'client': {
                 'clientName': 'IOS_CREATOR',
-                'clientVersion': '22.33.101',
-                'deviceModel': 'iPhone14,3',
-                'userAgent': 'com.google.ios.ytcreator/22.33.101 (iPhone14,3; U; CPU iOS 15_6 like Mac OS X)',
+                'clientVersion': '24.30.100',
+                'deviceMake': 'Apple',
+                'deviceModel': 'iPhone16,2',
+                'userAgent': 'com.google.ios.ytcreator/24.30.100 (iPhone16,2; U; CPU iOS 17_5_1 like Mac OS X;)',
+                'osName': 'iPhone',
+                'osVersion': '17.5.1.21F90',
             },
         },
         'INNERTUBE_CONTEXT_CLIENT_NAME': 15,
@@ -219,19 +258,26 @@ INNERTUBE_CLIENTS = {
     # mweb has 'ultralow' formats
     # See: https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/pull/557
     'mweb': {
-        'INNERTUBE_API_KEY': 'AIzaSyAO_FJ2SlqU8Q4STEHLGCilw_Y9_11qcW8',
         'INNERTUBE_CONTEXT': {
             'client': {
                 'clientName': 'MWEB',
-                'clientVersion': '2.20220801.00.00',
+                'clientVersion': '2.20240726.01.00',
             },
         },
         'INNERTUBE_CONTEXT_CLIENT_NAME': 2,
     },
+    'tv': {
+        'INNERTUBE_CONTEXT': {
+            'client': {
+                'clientName': 'TVHTML5',
+                'clientVersion': '7.20240724.13.00',
+            },
+        },
+        'INNERTUBE_CONTEXT_CLIENT_NAME': 7,
+    },
     # This client can access age restricted videos (unless the uploader has disabled the 'allow embedding' option)
     # See: https://github.com/zerodytrash/YouTube-Internal-Clients
     'tv_embedded': {
-        'INNERTUBE_API_KEY': 'AIzaSyAO_FJ2SlqU8Q4STEHLGCilw_Y9_11qcW8',
         'INNERTUBE_CONTEXT': {
             'client': {
                 'clientName': 'TVHTML5_SIMPLY_EMBEDDED_PLAYER',
@@ -249,6 +295,7 @@ INNERTUBE_CLIENTS = {
             },
         },
         'INNERTUBE_CONTEXT_CLIENT_NAME': 95,
+        'REQUIRE_JS_PLAYER': False,
     },
 }
 
@@ -262,7 +309,7 @@ def _split_innertube_client(client_name):
 
 
 def short_client_name(client_name):
-    main, *parts = _split_innertube_client(client_name)[0].replace('embedscreen', 'e_s').split('_')
+    main, *parts = _split_innertube_client(client_name)[0].split('_')
     return join_nonempty(main[:4], ''.join(x[0] for x in parts)).upper()
 
 
@@ -274,23 +321,18 @@ def build_innertube_clients():
     priority = qualities(BASE_CLIENTS[::-1])
 
     for client, ytcfg in tuple(INNERTUBE_CLIENTS.items()):
-        ytcfg.setdefault('INNERTUBE_API_KEY', 'AIzaSyDCU8hByM-4DrUqRUYnGn-3llEO78bcxq8')
         ytcfg.setdefault('INNERTUBE_HOST', 'www.youtube.com')
         ytcfg.setdefault('REQUIRE_JS_PLAYER', True)
+        ytcfg.setdefault('PLAYER_PARAMS', None)
         ytcfg['INNERTUBE_CONTEXT']['client'].setdefault('hl', 'en')
 
         _, base_client, variant = _split_innertube_client(client)
         ytcfg['priority'] = 10 * priority(base_client)
 
-        if not variant:
-            INNERTUBE_CLIENTS[f'{client}_embedscreen'] = embedscreen = copy.deepcopy(ytcfg)
-            embedscreen['INNERTUBE_CONTEXT']['client']['clientScreen'] = 'EMBED'
-            embedscreen['INNERTUBE_CONTEXT']['thirdParty'] = THIRD_PARTY
-            embedscreen['priority'] -= 3
-        elif variant == 'embedded':
+        if variant == 'embedded':
             ytcfg['INNERTUBE_CONTEXT']['thirdParty'] = THIRD_PARTY
             ytcfg['priority'] -= 2
-        else:
+        elif variant:
             ytcfg['priority'] -= 3
 
 
@@ -566,9 +608,6 @@ class YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor(InfoExtractor):
         return (self._configuration_arg('innertube_host', [''], ie_key=YoutubeIE.ie_key())[0]
                 or req_api_hostname or self._get_innertube_host(default_client or 'web'))
 
-    def _extract_api_key(self, ytcfg=None, default_client='web'):
-        return self._ytcfg_get_safe(ytcfg, lambda x: x['INNERTUBE_API_KEY'], str, default_client)
-
     def _extract_context(self, ytcfg=None, default_client='web'):
         context = get_first(
             (ytcfg, self._get_default_ytcfg(default_client)), 'INNERTUBE_CONTEXT', expected_type=dict)
@@ -614,13 +653,15 @@ class YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor(InfoExtractor):
         real_headers.update({'content-type': 'application/json'})
         if headers:
             real_headers.update(headers)
-        api_key = (self._configuration_arg('innertube_key', [''], ie_key=YoutubeIE.ie_key(), casesense=True)[0]
-                   or api_key or self._extract_api_key(default_client=default_client))
         return self._download_json(
             f'https://{self._select_api_hostname(api_hostname, default_client)}/youtubei/v1/{ep}',
             video_id=video_id, fatal=fatal, note=note, errnote=errnote,
             data=json.dumps(data).encode('utf8'), headers=real_headers,
-            query={'key': api_key, 'prettyPrint': 'false'})
+            query=filter_dict({
+                'key': self._configuration_arg(
+                    'innertube_key', [api_key], ie_key=YoutubeIE.ie_key(), casesense=True)[0],
+                'prettyPrint': 'false',
+            }, cndn=lambda _, v: v))
 
     def extract_yt_initial_data(self, item_id, webpage, fatal=True):
         return self._search_json(self._YT_INITIAL_DATA_RE, webpage, 'yt initial data', item_id, fatal=fatal)
@@ -972,7 +1013,6 @@ class YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor(InfoExtractor):
                     ep=ep, fatal=True, headers=headers,
                     video_id=item_id, query=query, note=note,
                     context=self._extract_context(ytcfg, default_client),
-                    api_key=self._extract_api_key(ytcfg, default_client),
                     api_hostname=api_hostname, default_client=default_client)
             except ExtractorError as e:
                 if not isinstance(e.cause, network_exceptions):
@@ -1295,6 +1335,10 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
     }
     _SUBTITLE_FORMATS = ('json3', 'srv1', 'srv2', 'srv3', 'ttml', 'vtt')
     _POTOKEN_EXPERIMENTS = ('51217476', '51217102')
+    _BROKEN_CLIENTS = {
+        short_client_name(client): client
+        for client in ('android', 'android_creator', 'android_music')
+    }
 
     _GEO_BYPASS = False
 
@@ -3661,9 +3705,10 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
             'videoId': video_id,
         }
 
-        pp_arg = self._configuration_arg('player_params', [None], casesense=True)[0]
-        if pp_arg:
-            yt_query['params'] = pp_arg
+        default_pp = traverse_obj(
+            INNERTUBE_CLIENTS, (_split_innertube_client(client)[0], 'PLAYER_PARAMS', {str}))
+        if player_params := self._configuration_arg('player_params', [default_pp], casesense=True)[0]:
+            yt_query['params'] = player_params
 
         yt_query.update(self._generate_player_context(sts))
         return self._extract_response(
@@ -3675,7 +3720,7 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
 
     def _get_requested_clients(self, url, smuggled_data):
         requested_clients = []
-        android_clients = []
+        broken_clients = []
         default = ['ios', 'web']
         allowed_clients = sorted(
             (client for client in INNERTUBE_CLIENTS if client[:1] != '_'),
@@ -3687,18 +3732,21 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                 requested_clients.extend(allowed_clients)
             elif client not in allowed_clients:
                 self.report_warning(f'Skipping unsupported client {client}')
-            elif client.startswith('android'):
-                android_clients.append(client)
+            elif client in self._BROKEN_CLIENTS.values():
+                broken_clients.append(client)
             else:
                 requested_clients.append(client)
-        # Force deprioritization of broken Android clients for format de-duplication
-        requested_clients.extend(android_clients)
+        # Force deprioritization of _BROKEN_CLIENTS for format de-duplication
+        requested_clients.extend(broken_clients)
         if not requested_clients:
             requested_clients = default
 
         if smuggled_data.get('is_music_url') or self.is_music_url(url):
-            requested_clients.extend(
-                f'{client}_music' for client in requested_clients if f'{client}_music' in INNERTUBE_CLIENTS)
+            for requested_client in requested_clients:
+                _, base_client, variant = _split_innertube_client(requested_client)
+                music_client = f'{base_client}_music'
+                if variant != 'music' and music_client in INNERTUBE_CLIENTS:
+                    requested_clients.append(music_client)
 
         return orderedSet(requested_clients)
 
@@ -3793,13 +3841,12 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                 prs.append(pr)
 
             # creator clients can bypass AGE_VERIFICATION_REQUIRED if logged in
-            if variant == 'embedded' and self._is_unplayable(pr) and self.is_authenticated:
+            if variant == 'tv_embedded' and self._is_unplayable(pr) and self.is_authenticated:
                 append_client(f'{base_client}_creator')
-            elif self._is_agegated(pr):
-                if variant == 'tv_embedded':
-                    append_client(f'{base_client}_embedded')
-                elif not variant:
-                    append_client(f'tv_embedded.{base_client}', f'{base_client}_embedded')
+            elif variant != 'tv_embedded' and self._is_agegated(pr):
+                if self.is_authenticated:
+                    append_client(f'{base_client}_creator')
+                append_client(f'tv_embedded.{base_client}')
 
         if skipped_clients:
             self.report_warning(
@@ -3935,13 +3982,13 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                     f'{video_id}: Some formats are possibly damaged. They will be deprioritized', only_once=True)
 
             client_name = fmt.get(STREAMING_DATA_CLIENT_NAME)
-            # Android client formats are broken due to integrity check enforcement
+            # _BROKEN_CLIENTS return videoplayback URLs that expire after 30 seconds
             # Ref: https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/9554
-            is_broken = client_name and client_name.startswith(short_client_name('android'))
+            is_broken = client_name in self._BROKEN_CLIENTS
             if is_broken:
                 self.report_warning(
-                    f'{video_id}: Android client formats are broken and may yield HTTP Error 403. '
-                    'They will be deprioritized', only_once=True)
+                    f'{video_id}: {self._BROKEN_CLIENTS[client_name]} client formats are broken '
+                    'and may yield HTTP Error 403. They will be deprioritized', only_once=True)
 
             name = fmt.get('qualityLabel') or quality.replace('audio_quality_', '') or ''
             fps = int_or_none(fmt.get('fps')) or 0