YouTube is the home of funny cat videos and tutorials for just about anything you can think of, but it's also a platform for streaming music, podcasts, and other audio content that do not require ...

YouTube’s background play feature—the ability to play only the audio of a video while in another app or while your screen is off—has long been available only to paying Premium users.

YouTube TV listeners can now listen to shows in the background even if their phone screen is locked, a spokesperson for YouTube said on Tuesday. “I can confirm that ...

Google has officially confirmed that is blocking YouTube background video playing on third-party browsers for people who don’t have a Premium account. The update is ...

While playing a YouTube video on the train, the moment I locked my screen to reply to a message in another app, the sound cut ...

Microsoft is testing a new feature on its Edge browser for Android that lets you play videos in the background. The feature can be enabled through the Edge flags page. It works on YouTube, so you can ...

YouTube viewers are reporting that background play no longer works on Samsung Internet, Vivaldi, and other browsers. The breaking of background play on multiple ...

YouTube has finally clamped down on a workaround many non-Premium users relied on to play videos in the background without subscribing. Brave users were able to ...

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YouTube has been updated so that non-Premium users can no longer access background playback by accessing a third-party browser. YouTube’s background play feature ...