diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube.py
index 4954a2d8c..7f514d35a 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
+import hashlib
 import itertools
 import json
 import os.path
@@ -274,7 +275,7 @@ class YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor(InfoExtractor):
         'context': {
             'client': {
                 'clientName': 'WEB',
-                'clientVersion': '2.20201021.03.00',
+                'clientVersion': '2.20210301.08.00',
             }
         },
     }
@@ -283,15 +284,28 @@ class YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor(InfoExtractor):
     _YT_INITIAL_PLAYER_RESPONSE_RE = r'ytInitialPlayerResponse\s*=\s*({.+?})\s*;'
     _YT_INITIAL_BOUNDARY_RE = r'(?:var\s+meta|</script|\n)'
 
-    def _call_api(self, ep, query, video_id, fatal=True):
+    def _generate_sapisidhash_header(self):
+        sapisid_cookie = self._get_cookies('https://www.youtube.com').get('SAPISID')
+        if sapisid_cookie is None:
+            return
+        time_now = round(time.time())
+        sapisidhash = hashlib.sha1((str(time_now) + " " + sapisid_cookie.value + " " + "https://www.youtube.com").encode("utf-8")).hexdigest()
+        return "SAPISIDHASH %s_%s" % (time_now, sapisidhash)
+
+    def _call_api(self, ep, query, video_id, fatal=True, headers=None,
+                  note='Downloading API JSON', errnote='Unable to download API page'):
         data = self._DEFAULT_API_DATA.copy()
         data.update(query)
+        headers = headers or {}
+        headers.update({'content-type': 'application/json'})
+        auth = self._generate_sapisidhash_header()
+        if auth is not None:
+            headers.update({'Authorization': auth, 'X-Origin': 'https://www.youtube.com'})
 
         return self._download_json(
-            'https://www.youtube.com/youtubei/v1/%s' % ep, video_id=video_id,
-            note='Downloading API JSON', errnote='Unable to download API page',
-            data=json.dumps(data).encode('utf8'), fatal=fatal,
-            headers={'content-type': 'application/json'},
+            'https://www.youtube.com/youtubei/v1/%s' % ep,
+            video_id=video_id, fatal=fatal, note=note, errnote=errnote,
+            data=json.dumps(data).encode('utf8'), headers=headers,
             query={'key': 'AIzaSyAO_FJ2SlqU8Q4STEHLGCilw_Y9_11qcW8'})
 
     def _extract_yt_initial_data(self, video_id, webpage):
@@ -2699,7 +2713,7 @@ class YoutubeTabIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
             ctp = continuation_ep.get('clickTrackingParams')
             return YoutubeTabIE._build_continuation_query(continuation, ctp)
 
-    def _entries(self, tab, identity_token):
+    def _entries(self, tab, identity_token, item_id):
 
         def extract_entries(parent_renderer):  # this needs to called again for continuation to work with feeds
             contents = try_get(parent_renderer, lambda x: x['contents'], list) or []
@@ -2770,11 +2784,14 @@ class YoutubeTabIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                 if last_error:
                     self.report_warning('%s. Retrying ...' % last_error)
                 try:
-                    browse = self._download_json(
-                        'https://www.youtube.com/browse_ajax', None,
-                        'Downloading page %d%s'
-                        % (page_num, ' (retry #%d)' % count if count else ''),
-                        headers=headers, query=continuation)
+                    response = self._call_api(
+                        ep="browse", fatal=True, headers=headers,
+                        video_id='%s page %s' % (item_id, page_num),
+                        query={
+                            'continuation': continuation['continuation'],
+                            'clickTracking': {'clickTrackingParams': continuation['itct']},
+                        },
+                        note='Downloading API JSON%s' % (' (retry #%d)' % count if count else ''))
                 except ExtractorError as e:
                     if isinstance(e.cause, compat_HTTPError) and e.cause.code in (500, 503, 404):
                         # Downloading page may result in intermittent 5xx HTTP error
@@ -2784,8 +2801,6 @@ class YoutubeTabIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                             continue
                     raise
                 else:
-                    response = try_get(browse, lambda x: x[1]['response'], dict)
-
                     # Youtube sometimes sends incomplete data
                     # See: https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues/28194
                     if response.get('continuationContents') or response.get('onResponseReceivedActions'):
@@ -2793,7 +2808,8 @@ class YoutubeTabIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                     last_error = 'Incomplete data recieved'
                     if count >= retries:
                         self._downloader.report_error(last_error)
-            if not browse or not response:
+
+            if not response:
                 break
 
             known_continuation_renderers = {
@@ -2936,7 +2952,7 @@ class YoutubeTabIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
             'channel_id': metadata['uploader_id'],
             'channel_url': metadata['uploader_url']})
         return self.playlist_result(
-            self._entries(selected_tab, identity_token),
+            self._entries(selected_tab, identity_token, playlist_id),
             **metadata)
 
     def _extract_from_playlist(self, item_id, url, data, playlist):
@@ -3223,26 +3239,14 @@ class YoutubeSearchIE(SearchInfoExtractor, YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
     _TESTS = []
 
     def _entries(self, query, n):
-        data = {
-            'context': {
-                'client': {
-                    'clientName': 'WEB',
-                    'clientVersion': '2.20201021.03.00',
-                }
-            },
-            'query': query,
-        }
+        data = {'query': query}
         if self._SEARCH_PARAMS:
             data['params'] = self._SEARCH_PARAMS
         total = 0
         for page_num in itertools.count(1):
-            search = self._download_json(
-                'https://www.youtube.com/youtubei/v1/search?key=AIzaSyAO_FJ2SlqU8Q4STEHLGCilw_Y9_11qcW8',
-                video_id='query "%s"' % query,
-                note='Downloading page %s' % page_num,
-                errnote='Unable to download API page', fatal=False,
-                data=json.dumps(data).encode('utf8'),
-                headers={'content-type': 'application/json'})
+            search = self._call_api(
+                ep='search', video_id='query "%s"' % query, fatal=False,
+                note='Downloading page %s' % page_num, query=data)
             if not search:
                 break
             slr_contents = try_get(
@@ -3394,8 +3398,8 @@ class YoutubeSubscriptionsIE(YoutubeFeedsInfoExtractor):
 
 
 class YoutubeHistoryIE(YoutubeFeedsInfoExtractor):
-    IE_DESC = 'Youtube watch history, ":ythistory" for short (requires authentication)'
-    _VALID_URL = r':ythistory'
+    IE_DESC = 'Youtube watch history, ":ythis" for short (requires authentication)'
+    _VALID_URL = r':ythis(?:tory)?'
     _FEED_NAME = 'history'
     _TESTS = [{
         'url': ':ythistory',