Currently, to be able to listenYouTubein the background on iPhone, it is necessary to subscribe to the platform's Premium offer. But our colleagues from9to5Macwe share todaya legal trick to get around this.
At the end of this article, you will be able to continue playing a video while locking your iPhone, or using another applicationwithout paying the subscription.
As the price of subscriptions increases (€12.99 per month currently for YouTube), many people are turning to alternatives to enjoy some paid features for free. Despite the noose that tightens more and more over time regarding these third-party solutions, there are still many of them. Some are sometimes disconcertingly easy, like the one we are presenting to you today.
How to do it?
Here is the procedure to follow step by step:
- To get started, open Safari, then go to YouTube.com and find the video you want and tap on it.
- On the video page, press aA, then choose to view the desktop version of the site.
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- Once this is done,start playing the video while taking care to ignore any prompts to open the YouTube app, stay on Safari. If you see certain ads, wait for them to finish or wait until you can skip them. Once the video has started successfully, you havetwo solutions.
- If you want to continue reading while locking your iPhone, simplylock it then resume reading once the Widget appears on the lock screen.
© 9to5Mac - If you want to use another app while playing,Swipe up from the bottom of the screen to exit Safari. You can then restart readingthanks to the iPhone control center, or Dynamic Island.
- If you want to continue reading while locking your iPhone, simplylock it then resume reading once the Widget appears on the lock screen.
You can also benefit from the same trick without advertisements, thanks to third-party browsers equippednatively from an ad blocker, such as Opera,Vivaldi, orBrave. Hoping the trick lasts.
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