To play YouTube in the background on an iPad, use the Safari browser to go to YouTube.com, play your video, then request the desktop site (via the 'aA' icon), and use Control Center to resume playback after leaving the app or locking the screen, or subscribe to YouTube Premium for seamless Picture-in-Picture (PiP) in the app.
You can play YouTube in the background using a browser trick (requesting desktop site in Chrome/Safari) for free audio, enabling Picture-in-Picture (PiP) in app settings for video multitasking (often needs Premium), or by subscribing to YouTube Premium for seamless background audio and video across devices.
Background play only works in the YouTube mobile apps and requires a YouTube Premium membership. Some videos aren't available for background play or to download offline, even if you have a channel membership.
The Picture-in-Picture (PiP) feature allows YouTube videos to continue playing in a small, floating window while you use other apps. This feature is available on most Android devices running Android 8.0 (Oreo) or later. Steps to Use PiP on Android: Open the YouTube app and play the video you want to watch.
With Picture in Picture, you can watch a video or use FaceTime while you use other apps. or press the Home button (on an iPad with a Home button). The video window scales down to a corner of your screen so you can see the Home Screen and open other apps.
Restart Your Device and Browser
If a YouTube video randomly pauses for no apparent reason: Restart your phone, tablet, or your computer. If you are using a browser, close it & open it again.
Picture-in-picture is turned on by default for devices running iOS 15.0 and above that have not turned off background play in the YouTube app. Picture-in-picture. To turn on, toggle Start PiP Automatically to on.
You can play YouTube in the background using a browser trick (requesting desktop site in Chrome/Safari) for free audio, enabling Picture-in-Picture (PiP) in app settings for video multitasking (often needs Premium), or by subscribing to YouTube Premium for seamless background audio and video across devices.
YouTube app
Tap your profile picture . Tap Settings .
Set up iPad to work in multiple windows
You can play YouTube in the background using a browser trick (requesting desktop site in Chrome/Safari) for free audio, enabling Picture-in-Picture (PiP) in app settings for video multitasking (often needs Premium), or by subscribing to YouTube Premium for seamless background audio and video across devices.
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