How to play YouTube video in the background on iPhone and iPad

Many iPhone and iPad users like to play YouTube videos in the background. For example, when listening to music, podcasts or talk shows. On YouTube, there are many songs with songs and a huge number of clips. In addition, sometimes you just want to listen to various videos, doing your own thing. It's not so easy to play video from YouTube on the background, because there is no such feature in iOS yet.

Below we will tell you about several ways to play YouTube video in the background on the iPhone and iPad. All methods work in iOS 12 and iOS 11.

How to play YouTube video on a background in iOS 12 or iOS 11

The first way, which we will describe, works successfully in the latest versions of iOS.

1. Open the Safari browser on your iPhone or iPad.
2. Open the YouTube video you want to listen to in the background.
3. Click the share icon in the form of an up arrow in the rectangle.

4. Select the "Full site version" option.

5. The page will be updated, and the full version of the YouTube site with your video will open.
6. Start the video and wait for the advertisement to end, if necessary.
7. Now click the icon that is responsible for the browser tabs.

8. Switch to another tab or create a new one and load any site.

9. Now go back to the home screen of your device with the button or the Home indicator.
10. Enjoy listening to YouTube videos on the background! You can do your own thing, and the video will continue to play. You can pause it at the Control Point.

This method works in both iOS 11 and iOS 12.

If something does not work out for you, repeat all the steps in the same order. It is very important to switch to the full version of the site before switching to another tab, otherwise, it will not work. Also, make sure the video opens in the browser, not the mobile YouTube app. If the full version of the site immediately opens the video in the player, you can minimize it with a gesture.

How to play YouTube video on a background on a locked iPhone or iPad

There is another way that allows you to play YouTube video in the background on a locked device. This method requires a mobile YouTube app.

1. Open the YouTube app and enable the video you want to listen to in the background.
2. Now quickly double-click the power button of your device. The video will continue to play on the background, and the device will be locked.

How to play YouTube video on a background through third-party browsers

Third option: you can play YouTube video in the background via third-party browsers. Many users prefer browsers like Opera, Dolphin or Firefox, and in some of them it's much easier.

It's not that easy to play YouTube video in the background, and many older methods have stopped working in modern versions of iOS. Fortunately, our methods work fine in iOS 12 and iOS 11.