Videos, music clips, interviews, podcasts. Youtube It is one of the platforms with the most content available in the world. In its Premium version, in addition to having no ads, it allows you to play in the background. In its free version, no. However, there are some tricks that can work, depending on the platform, to be able to do this “leaves” the app without interrupting playback.
That is, when you close the YouTube application, playback usually stops. And that’s what you want to avoid, in many cases, to listen to music or a podcast.
The way to “fool” the application is to generate a file little floating player which allows you to continue watching (or listening to) the content. It can be done on Android and iOS and has multiple ways to play.
Of course, paying for Premium fixes the whole situation. Indeed, even after updating the amount in our country, it is still a subscription cheap respect to others.
Android: use browsers
Play Video in Chrome or Firefox on Android is an option to leave videos in the background. It’s as simple as opening your browser and opening YouTube. It is important to do this from the browser and not the search engine, since the latter usually opens the application rather than the website.
Once you have opened the video you want to play, in the settings you have to look for the three dots located in the upper right part of the window. Here’s where you need to modify: asks the browser to display the Desktop version.
When playing this way, you can press home in the browser to close it – then it will be in the notification bar, where you can play from.
The important thing is not to close the screen before pressing the home button, as this will cause the video to stop automatically.
“Picture in picture”, another way
If you’re driving a phone running Android 8.0 Oreo and above, you can use this method: picture-in-picture mode, which brings up a pop-up for the rest of the others to see in thumbnail size.
This window can be moved anywhere: if you tap it, you can maximize it or access the playback controls.
From there you can control, with a function that until 2018 was reserved for Premium users and since then anyone can use it.
It has one restriction: it doesn’t work with content associated with music. This has to do with YouTube wanting to force you to pay for Premium, which comes with YouTube Music included.
Picture-in-picture mode on iOS
Floating screen mode has also been available on iOS for not too long.
The feature will also be released soon for non-premium subscribersso that all iOS users in the US can watch YouTube videos in a pop-up window when the app is closed.
The way to use it would be the same as the previous one.
Awesome pop up video
There are third party applications to generate this situation. However, any add-ons or extensions should be installed at your own risk.
It works for the cases of phones with Android older than 8.0 Oreo version, you have to go to other alternatives. You’d better search the application on Google Play to make sure it’s the official one.
Once installed, it allows you to play in the background without any problems.
Awesome Pop-Up Video also offers a premium option to watch downloaded videos offline and remove ads, although this option is not present on all videos.
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Source: Clarin
Linda Price is a tech expert at News Rebeat. With a deep understanding of the latest developments in the world of technology and a passion for innovation, Linda provides insightful and informative coverage of the cutting-edge advancements shaping our world.