If you have been using the YouTube Android app for a while, then you might know that the app doesn’t allow you to play the audio in the background. The background playback option is available on most of the popular audio streaming apps like Spotify, SoundCloud, etc.
To enable the background playback, a user has to subscribe to the premium version of YouTube. Again, the background playback of YouTube is limited to audio-only. There are lots of users who don’t want to purchase YouTube Premium just to enjoy the audio-only version of YouTube.
Step 1. First of all, open your Google Chrome browser.
Step 2. Now head to the m.youtube.com and search your favorite video.
Step 3. On the video page, tap on the ‘three horizontal dots’, of chrome window. (Not YouTube ‘three horizontal dots’)
Step 4. Next, enable the option ‘Desktop Site’
Step 5. This will enable the desktop view of YouTube.
Step 6. Just lock your device and go to the lock screen.
Step 7. On the lock screen, you will be able to see the media control box of YouTube. You can either pause or switch tracks from the lock screen.
That’s it! You are done. This is how you can play YouTube in the background on Android.