For some reason, the latest version of Apple's mobile operating system breaks one of my favorite features: playing videos in the background. It worked in Apple's old YouTube app, YouTube's mobile site and almost any other video app/site (an important exception is YouTube's official app). Close the app, double-tap the Home button, swipe from left to right and tap the "Play" button to continue playing the video in the background. In iOS 6.1, the "play" button
doesn't work.
It's a great feature for music videos, podcasts,
ambient sounds and it's unfortunate that Android doesn't include it and Apple (accidentally?) disabled it in iOS 6.1. Until Apple fixes the bug, you can install two third-party YouTube apps that use some undocumented APIs to support background audio:
McTube and
YouPlayer. McTube continues to play the video after closing the app, while YouPlayer lets you manually enable background audio.
I noticed this the other day with AirPlay and found a work around. With the native YouTube app playing the video on the AppleTV, simply double tap the home button and switch to another app, then you are free to use your iOS device while the video plays.
ReplyDeleteIf you press the home button just once within the YouTube app then it kills the video. Could be a Google coding issue....
Doesn't work for me. Tested in ios 6.1, iPhone 4S. When switching to a different app, the video stops playing.
DeleteAny way in Android to play YouTube audio in the background?
ReplyDeleteThis isn't something with iOS. It is the fact that it plays the audio and video through its own html5(?) player, rather than QuickTime.
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