In this article, you’ll learn how to play YouTube videos in the background. First I’ll tell you how iPhone users can play YouTube videos in the background and later you’ll learn how to do the same on android phones as well. So keep reading this article as you'll find out a way to play YouTube videos in the background.
first of all, open YouTube app on iPhone and search for your favorite YouTube channel, now tap on any YouTube video to play in the background. As you can see, the video will start to play. But as soon as you minimize the app, the video stops playing.
So the official YouTube app doesn’t allow you to play YouTube videos in the background on the iPhone. Now, let’s try this on Android phones, and as you can see, the official YouTube app doesn’t allow you to play YouTube videos in the background on Android as well. But wait, there is a work around with a simple trick, you can play YouTube videos in background on Android as well as iPhone. So read the full article.
There can be many reasons to play YouTube videos in the background, let's assume that you are watching a tutorial on YouTube and you need to follow along step by step. Or let’s say you simply want to play your music playlist and minimize it.
YouTube already offers a premium service with a monthly subscription that doesn’t show ads and that’s why you can play youtube videos in the background. YouTube Premium offers ad-free videos, the option to continue playing music or videos 'in the background' (which means the audio or video will continue if you minimize the app), video and music downloads, and access to YouTube original TV shows and Movies.
But YouTube premium is not yet available in all countries. If you belong to any such country where it’s not available, then try the below methods.
For iPhone users
All you need is a Safari web browser, no additional apps or jailbreak is needed. Open the Safari web browser and go to YouTube.com.
Now, tap on the share icon and slide right until you find a request desktop site. Once you find that, tap on request desktop site, this will load the desktop version of YouTube in your browser.
Now search for any video you want to play and tap on the play button, this will start playing the video. Let the video play and swipe down from the top right corner to the open control center.
If you can see the video title name in the music widget, that’s fine, if not, then touch the music widget and tap on the play button. Now switch back to the browser and pause the video for a second. Then play the video again.
Now, if you open the control center again, you’ll be able to see the video title name there. Keep the video playing and minimize it, the video will keep playing in the background. Now you can power down or lock the iPhone and music will keep playing in the background.
For Android users
If you want to play YouTube in the background on Android phone, you’ll need a browser that supports playing YouTube videos in the background. One such browser is the Kiwi browser.
Go to Google Play Store and download Kiwi browser or you can borrow the below link
Wait for the browser to download and once it is downloaded, visit YouTube.com in the Kiwi browser. It’ll open the normal mobile version of youtube that is m.youtube.com
But what you need to do is: go to browser settings and request the desktop version. This will load the desktop version of YouTube in your browser. Now simply search for any video that you want to play in the background and tap on the play button.
You can minimize the app and the YouTube video will keep playing in the background. That’s how you can play YouTube videos in the background on Android phones.
Hope these methods will help you to play youtube video in background, if you encounter any problem, let me know in the comments below and I’ll be happy to help.
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