How to listen to YouTube with the screen off on Android and iPhone

If you are not a subscriber to YouTube Premium, surely you must have already wondered how to listen YouTube with the phone's screen turned off. Being one of the greatest desires of those who have so much iPhone how much do you have Android, the desire to make the popular video site a true music player, like the Spotify and Deezer, it's an old request from all users. Know that this possibility exists!

through a mini hack which, in fact, is not illegal at all, you will be able to listen to music or even audio from any video on an iPhone and on a smartphone with the Android system. But this can also be done through specific applications, where all you have to do is perform the installation.

O showmetech explains how to open audio possibilities on both types of devices without subscription to streaming, in addition to showing the options for YouTube Premium and YouTube Music.

How to listen to YouTube with the screen off on Android

If YouTube Premium and YouTube Music subscriptions are not interesting and/or viable for your lifestyle, the user of an Android phone can then choose to listen to YouTube with the screen off using the Google Chrome. So, it is important to have the app installed on your smartphone. Detail that the same can also be done through the Mozilla Firefox.

Just access the official YouTube website via the browser (don't use the app). Before playing a video, you need to access the desktop version of the site. Click on the three dots that appear in the upper right corner of the screen and then check the “To computer” option.

Then, just search for the video you want and play it as if it were in the app. Once the play is given, just lock your device's screen. Note that the music or video will stop playing, so it is necessary that you click on the audio play button that will appear. Everything will work normally even with the screen off.

How to listen to YouTube with screen off on iPhone

The process changes a little for those who have devices Apple . As the iPhone user can already imagine, there is no way to install an app to listen to music on YouTube with the screen off via the App Store. And not outside of the app store, since that's not even allowed.

There's one hack how to listen to YouTube with the screen off on iPhone. You will need to ditch Safari, Apple's default browser. We suggest you install the Opera or the Dolphin. The link to download one of the two is below.

Then it's time to put the process into practice. The first point is to access the official YouTube site and put a video of your choice to play. It will not be necessary to use the desktop version of the video site, so enter the mobile screen that appears when accessing.

With the video playing, all you have to do is exit the browser. Of course the video will no longer be playing. And here it is time to understand how to listen to YouTube with screen off on iPhone. All you need to do is go to the Control Center on your Apple device and press play. After that, the music will be playing normally. That way, whenever you need to listen to a song or even a video with the screen off, just follow this tutorial.

Discover apps to listen to music with your phone's screen off

In addition to subscribing to a YouTube Premium plan and the processes explained for iPhone and Android phones, there are special apps that help Android users listen to music on YouTube with the screen off. Installation is easy and practical. See how.

Float Tube

Can be installed directly by Google Play Store, all you need to do is search for the Float Tube and do the installation. Once that's done, you just need to search for the video or music on YouTube that you want to listen to with the screen locked.

An obligatory point is that, because it runs in the background, it will be necessary to authorize the new application to be superimposed on other applications. When releasing use in this way, just enjoy it. The free download link for Float Tube is below:

NewPipe

Another app option to listen to music on YouTube with the screen off is NewPipe. But it is not available on Google PlayStore, so you need to download the .apk file to install it on your Android phone. If you are installing an app outside the Play Store for the first time, you will need to give permission to unknown sources. NewPipe is available for all Android versions.

Then it's time to open the app to listen to music on YouTube with the screen off and search for a video. In order for the audio to continue playing even if you lock your cell phone screen, just click on background and that's it, everything will keep playing.

When entering a YouTube channel, it is also possible to watch content in PiP. Just click on the option Popup. The link to download NewPipe for free is below:

YouTube Premium and YouTube Music are also options

If you are a regular user of YouTube, you must have clearly already seen an ad from the site itself among the videos, with the advertisement citing that the possibility of how to listen to YouTube with the cell phone screen off even exists, but only by subscribing to the YouTube Premium.

Streaming has three plan options:

• Traditional monthly: R$ 20,90;
• Student Monthly Fee: R$ 12,90;
• Monthly Family Plan: R$ 31,90 (up to five people can be enrolled in the same plan).

With this, in addition to being able to listen to the songs with your screen off, you also stop seeing ads, as well as having access to the PiP functionality (Picture-in-Picture, or screen on screen, where the video continues to be played through a small window, on top of other apps). It's as if when you subscribe, your regular YouTube app is transformed.

Another interesting feature is that you can also download videos from YouTube to watch when you have no internet.

But if you're thinking about subscribing just for the songs, you can also subscribe to YouTube Music, which has an immense library and even allows official video clips to be watched both with the screen off and with the screen on.

Streaming has three plan options:

• Traditional monthly: R$ 16,90;
• Student Monthly Fee: R$ 8,50;
• Monthly Family Plan: R$ 25,50 (up to five people can be enrolled in the same plan).

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