Fix 1: Check whether your YouTube Premium membership has expired. Fix 2: Sign out and sign in to YouTube Premium. Fix 3: Check whether YouTube Premium is available in your location. Fix 4: Check whether the background playback feature is enabled.
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.
Launch the YouTube app on Android or iOS smartphone. Choose a video you want to watch and start playing it. Turn off the screen or switch to another app while the video is playing. The video will continue to play in the background, even if you're not actively using the app.
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.
Your PiP mode not working issue may have resulted from a corrupt YouTube cache. In this case, clear the app's cache files, and your issue will be resolved. Clearing the cache doesn't remove your Google account from the app or delete your account data. Note that you can only clear the app cache on Android.
YouTube Default Settings
The principal reason your YouTube video may pause is that the Auto-Pause feature is set by default. This feature is designed to pause the videos if you've been inactive on the device for a while and prevent you from missing important details in the content you were watching.
Ambient mode uses a lighting effect to make watching videos in Dark theme more immersive, by casting gentle colors from the video, into your screen's background. Subscribe to the YouTube Viewers channel for the latest news, updates, and tips.
YouTube Music is a great app for listening to your favorite tunes, but if you're not YouTube Premium or YouTube Music Premium subscribers, then you're out of luck when it comes to playing music in the background. When you switch to any other app or turn the screen off, your YouTube Music playback will stop.
Play YouTube through Google Chrome Browser On Android
The Google Chrome Browser on Android workaround is similar to the Mozilla Firefox one. You pull up the Chrome Browser, which should come preloaded on your Android phone, and watch the video in question. If you lock your phone, the audio should continue playing.
Turning on Incognito Mode on YouTube allows you to browse and watch videos anonymously, without reflecting the results in your search and watch history. The videos you watch will not have any effect on your YouTube feed and suggestions, which is a big plus.
The Ambient mode amplifies YouTube's interface with respect to the video you are watching. When the feature is turned on, it takes the colours from the video footage and expands it throughout the user interface in the form of soft gradient texture as the colours are leaking from the video player.
Ambient Mode is intended to be gentle and soft, but if you find it distracting, you can still turn it off. The process for disabling Ambient Mode is pretty much the same for the web, Android, and iOS: On the video you're currently watching, select the Settings gear icon.
To use picture-in-picture (PiP), exit the YouTube app while a video is playing. If you have the PiP setting turned on, the video will shrink into a PiP window. The PiP window can be dragged to different parts of the screen, allowing playback to continue on top of other apps.
The split windows interface is mainly divided into PIP and PBP. - PBP (Picture by Picture) allows multiple windows to show in designated area and proportion on the screen simultaneously. - PIP (Picture in Picture) allows windows to be shown on top of another windows.
In the app's top-right corner, tap your profile icon. Choose Settings > General. Enable the "Picture-in-Picture" option. And that's it.