How to play YouTube videos in the background on your smartphone

YouTube has been and remains of the strongest players in the field of video streaming 

websites. And with the advent of different platforms has successfully secured a solid footing 

which has made sure that they have kept their hold. The timely upgrades and constant 

innovations have also worked in favor of endearing the app its countless users. Yet there 

are a few shortcomings which the video-streaming giant is still working on solving.

Unfortunately, when using your phone to use YouTube, you have no option of minimizing 

your app when you get a notification and have to go check it out. The only way you can do 

this is by making use of a YouTube Red subscription which is, unfortunately, not available in 

India yet.

So how do you minimize or allow your videos to continue playing in the background while 

you have to juggle your work? The guide given below tells you how to keep your videos 

playing in the background

Note: In order to make sure this method works, you will need to make sure that you have a 

stable internet connection on your smartphone and Google Chrome installed on your phone 

as well.

On an Android device.

1) Access the Google Chrome browser on your Android smartphone.

2) Enter 'www.youtube.com' in your address bar

3) Tap on the vertical three-dots that is available in the top right corner of your browser to 

and then access the Menu options.

4) Click on 'Request desktop site' and then wait till the page loads.

5) You will see a pop-up that will ask you if you wish YouTube to send notifications to you. 

You will need to accept this if you wish to allow YouTube videos to continue playing in the 

background.

6) Select the video that you want to play and start doing so.

7) Minimize the browser and then you can resume the playback through the notification 

menu.

On an iOS device

1) Access the Google Chrome browser on your Android smartphone.

2) Enter 'www.youtube.com' in your address bar

3) Tap on the vertical three-dots that is available in the top right corner of your browser to 

and then access the Menu options.

4) Click on 'Request desktop site' and then wait till the page loads.

5) You will see a pop-up that will ask you if you wish YouTube to send notifications to you. 

You will need to accept this if you wish to allow YouTube videos to continue playing in the 

background.

6) Select the video that you want to play and start doing so.

7) Exit the browser by tapping on the Home button and then you can resume the playback 

from the iOS control center.