Be it the website version you are hooked to or the app. YouTube is still their go-to music source for a large number of people out there. This is mainly due to the large content library offered by the platform. This is frustrating when you all want to do is listen to a song or podcast.
If your goal is to play YouTube videos in the background while you work on the phone, we have got some bad news; YouTube is not going to make it easy for you. One easy way to get YouTube videos to play in the background is to use the desktop version of YouTube on your Google Chrome browser. But, there is another way to play YouTube videos in the background.
Play YouTube Videos in Background
To play your favorite music videos in the background, you just need to leverage this VLC trick to get the job done. Follow the steps mentioned below.
First of all, if you do not already have a VLCmedia player, go to the Google Play Store and download the application.
After installing the VLC media player, open the YouTube app, and play the video that you want to play in the background. Click on the share button and choose the VLC media player.
Now the video should start streaming through the VLC player. Click on the three-dots menu and the options list is open.
Choose the “Play as audio” option from the list.
Your video should now play as an audio file. So you can go ahead and switch to other apps or turn off the screen.
