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How-tosTabletXiaomi: How to listen to YouTube videos and podcasts with the screen off
Xiaomi offers a slightly hidden but very useful feature to play YouTube videos on your smartphone even with the lock screen. In this tutorial, I explain how to listen to your podcasts, albums and playlists on YouTube without having to leave your Xiaomi smartphone on.
If you don’t subscribe to YouTube Premium or YouTube Music, it is theoretically impossible to play a YouTube video in the background on your Android smartphone. As soon as you exit the application or lock your phone, the playback will automatically pause. There are some tricks out there that include third-party applications, but in general, you just have to leave your smartphone screen on.
With Xiaomi‘s Video Toolbox menu, hidden in MIUI‘s special features, you can listen to videos on your smartphone even with the screen off. In your face, Google!
Go to Settings >Special features.
Go to Video toolbox and activate the feature.
In the Video Toolbox menu tap Manage video apps and activate the switch for YouTube.
Open YouTube, start your video, press the translucent bar on the left or right of the screen (depending on your choice).
In the Video Toolbox menu, swipe once to the left on the first line.
Note that this feature does not work with all applications. And you will still have to go through the ads inserted in Youtube videos. This solution from Xiaomi is certainly incomplete, but it has the merit of being fully native. No need for dubious third-party applications or tinkering in the settings.
If you’re interested in a more comprehensive guide to watching YouTube in the background on any Android smartphone, I’d be happy to look into it and try to find solutions, even non-native ones.
That’s it for this tutorial to listen to YouTube on your Xiaomi smartphone with the screen turned off. What do you think of this tip, did you find it useful? Do you have a better solution not to give in to the YouTube Premium “blackmail”? Tell us in the comments.
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