
While shutting off the screen and continuing to listen to YouTube is a no-no in Safari and Chrome, it’s possible to use Apple’s Control Center with certain other browsers to bypass YouTube’s restrictions.
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YouTube’s app is available for both Android and iOS. YouTube Premium will cost you $12 a month or $18 for a family subscription for up to six members - but you can get a one-month free trial. What is the catch? As you might expect, it’s money.

YouTube Premium also comes with ad-free access to YouTube Music (the replacement of Google Play Music) and it gives you the option to shut off the screen in that app, too. There are no steps to turning this on, as it's on by default, so as long as you have YouTube Premium, it should work just fine. But crucially for our purposes, it also allows you to continue listening after shutting off your phone’s screen or navigating to a different app. YouTube Premium is a subscription service that gets rid of ads on desktop and mobile, opens access to exclusive videos, and allows for the downloading of videos.
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Looking for music on YouTube to listen to in the background? Perhaps you should take a look at our guide on how to download music from YouTube and listen on any device.

This is our simple guide on how to play YouTube in the background, for both iOS and Android devices. Better yet, there are ways to get a mini pop-up YouTube player while you browse elsewhere.
