NEW DELHI: One annoying fact about the YouTube app on Android and iOS devices is that it doesnt allow background play. If you are watching a video or are listening to a music on YouTube and you navigate to a different app or turn off the screen, the video/audio automatically gets paused.
What if you want to listen to music on the YouTube app on your smartphone while surfing the web or doing something else? The easiest way to do it is by purchasing a YouTube Red subscription, which will give you bonus features like the ability to download YouTube videos on smartphones, a subscription of Google Play Music and itll also get rid of YouTube ads. However, it is not available in India yet.
If you want to play YouTube videos in the background on your mobile devices [for free], you can go about it in the following ways:
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* Go to settings [the three dots on the top right corner] and tap on the desktop tab.
* Youll be redirected to the desktop site of YouTube.