How to watch YouTube while using other apps iPhone 13

You can now turn on YouTube Picture-in-Picture (PiP) mode on your iPhone! This means you can continue watching videos in a smaller window while browsing other apps on your phone.

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How do I minimize a YouTube video on my iPhone?

Vous pouvez maintenant la regarder sur youtube.com. Vous devez lire toute vidéo que vous souhaitez minimiser ou lire en arrière-plan. Vous pouvez activer la version bureau du site en mettant la vidéo en pause.

How can I play YouTube in the background of my iPhone 2021?

How to play YouTube music in the background on iPhone

  1. Open Safari and go to 'YouTube.com'
  2. Now search for the music video you want to listen to.
  3. Tap the 'Aa' icon in the address/search bar.
  4. Choose 'request desktop site' from the drop down menu.
  5. Hit 'play' on your video.
How can I play YouTube in the background iOS? All you need to do is head to youtube.com. In safari. And tap the little aa icon in the url bar. And now select request desktop.

How can I watch YouTube on my iPhone while using other apps?

Open the YouTube app on your iPhone, and start playing a video. 4. While the video is playing, swipe up or tap the home button to close the YouTube app. This should make the video start in a mini-player on your screen while you open other apps. How do I minimize YouTube on iPhone ios 15? As the video starts playing you can simply exit safari by swiping up. And as you can see the video continues to play in picture-in-picture mode. I can move the window. Around and resize.


Can YouTube videos play in background iPhone?

Si vous voulez regarder des vidéos en arrière-plan sur votre téléphone, vous pouvez utiliser un navigateur. Lorsque l'application n'est pas ouverte, vous pouvez lire des vidéos sur YouTube Premium. Vous pouvez également utiliser le mode d'affichage du bureau pour regarder des vidéos en arrière-plan.

How do I minimize YouTube on IOS 14?

Now open youtube.com. And play any video that you wish to minimize or play in the background. Now pause the video to enable desktop version of the website tap on aa symbol on the top left corner. How do you watch YouTube picture IOS 14? So if you go into your settings right here. And then go to try new features if you go and tap on that you will see that we have translate. Comments and then also picture and picture on ios.

How do you get YouTube to play in the background on IOS 14?

So you don't need to download anything extra we'll just use safari. And then you go ahead to youtube.com and then let it load. And then we'll use the normal mobile version of youtube. How do I keep YouTube playing premium? To change or turn off background play:

  1. Go to Settings .
  2. Select Background Play under "Background & Downloads."
  3. Make your selection: Always on: Videos will always play in the background (default setting). Off: Videos will never play in the background.

How do I listen to YouTube with 2021 screen off?

And in a new tab go to youtube. And in the top right there are three dots click on that and go to desktop site the app will refresh and now you can go to any video.

Lots of people use YouTube as their main music streaming app. But unlike other music apps, if you close the app or lock your iPhone while listening, all the music will shut off.

That is, unless you've signed up for YouTube's paid subscription service, YouTube Premium. This is the only official way to play YouTube in the background on your iPhone.

If you don't want to sign up for YouTube Premium, you can also use a trick involving your iPhone's Safari app. However, this method can be finicky, and may be removed in a future update.

Here are both ways to play YouTube in the background on your iPhone, so you can start listening to videos without keeping the app open.

How to play YouTube in the background on an iPhone using YouTube Premium

First, you need to sign up for YouTube Premium.

YouTube Premium costs $11.99 a month for a single account ($6.99 a month if you're a student), or $17.99 a month for six accounts in a "Family Plan."

Signing up will get rid of all ads on YouTube videos, allow you to download videos to watch offline, and give you access to both "YouTube Original" videos and YouTube Music, the site's music streaming service.

And, of course, you'll receive the ability to play and listen to any YouTube video in the background, even while using other apps.

How to sign up for Youtube Premium

Now, let's go over how to sign up for YouTube premium.

1. Navigate to the YouTube Premium homepage, which can be found here.

2. Click the blue button that says TRY IT FREE, which will open a window for you to enter your payment information.

The YouTube premium homepage, with the “TRY IT FREE” button highlighted.

Go to the YouTube Premium homepage to start the signup process.Meira Gebel

3. Enter your payment information and zip code. YouTube Premium offers a three-months free trial, so if this is your first time signing up, you won't be charged the $11.99 fee until the months have passed. YouTube may, however, charge you a $1 fee at first to make sure that the payment information you've given them is valid — this dollar should be refunded within a few days.

The “Complete your purchase” pop-up for YouTube premium, showing where to enter payment details.

Enter the payment information that you want to use to pay for Premium.Meira Gebel

4. The YouTube account you used to sign up for Premium will be immediately granted access to all the new features of Premium.

How to play YouTube videos in the background

Now that you have YouTube Premium, here's how to play videos in the background:

1. Open the YouTube app on your iPhone.

2. Navigate to the video that you want to listen to in the background.

3. Once it starts playing, feel free to lock your iPhone or close the app and open another one. You can pause and play the video's audio from the iPhone's Control Center, by opening it and holding your finger down on the music tab for a moment.

The YouTube video playback widget in the Control Center.

You can control volume and playback from your iPhone's Control Center.Meira Gebel

As long as you're subscribed to YouTube Premium, you'll be able to listen to YouTube videos without having the app open.

Quick tip: You can customize or turn off background play by going to Settings the YouTube app and selecting Background Play. From there you can set it to either Always on, Off, or Headphones or external speakers.

How to play YouTube in the background using your iPhone's Safari app

Ever since YouTube Premium launched, Google has worked hard to make sure that it's the only way to play YouTube in the background. Every few months a new trick appears that lets users bypass it, but it's quickly patched out.

This is the newest trick. It involves opening YouTube in the Safari app, and then using desktop view to make your phone think it's just a regular video, which can be played in the background.

1. Open Safari and go to www.youtube.com. If you do this and it automatically redirects to the YouTube app, you might need to uninstall the app.

2. Find the video that you want to play in the background and start playing it.

3. Tap the aA icon in the bottom-left corner of your screen and select Request Desktop Website.

YouTube on Safari, with the “aA” menu expanded and the “Request Desktop Website” option highlighted.

Turn on desktop view.Meira Gebel

4. The page will reload, and the new video player will look just like the YouTube website you'd see on a computer. Tap on the video again to start playing it. It'll start playing in fullscreen mode.

Note: Occasionally, when you press Request Desktop Website it'll send you back to YouTube's homepage. Just press the back arrow button, and you'll be returned to the video you were watching.

YouTube in Safari displaying in desktop view, with all the features of the desktop website.

This new page will have all the features of YouTube's desktop website.Meira Gebel

5. Close the app. You'll notice that the sound will stop playing — this is normal.

6. Open your iPhone's Control Center. In the box that shows what music is currently playing, press the play button.

The Control Center, with the music player widget highlighted.

Press the play button to resume the video in the background.Meira Gebel

Quick tip: Depending on what model iPhone you have, you can open up the Control Center either by swiping down from the top-right corner of your screen, or by swiping up from the bottom edge.

You'll now be able to lock your phone, use other apps, and even browse other Safari pages with YouTube playing in the background. Just note that if you're playing from a playlist, you'll need to do this for each individual video.

An iPhone’s locked screen with YouTube playing.

YouTube playing from the iPhone lock screen.Meira Gebel

Meira Gebel

Meira Gebel is a freelance reporter based in Portland, Oregon. She writes about business, culture, and technology for Insider. Her work has been featured in Digital Trends, Willamette Week, USA Today, and more. She is a graduate of Columbia Journalism School and San Francisco State University. 

How can I watch YouTube videos while using other apps?

Picture-in-picture (PiP) shrinks a video into a small player so you can keep watching while using other apps on your mobile device..
Go to your Android settings Apps & notifications Advanced Special app access. Picture-in-picture..
Tap YouTube..
To turn off, tap Allow picture-in-picture..