YouTube background playback is no longer possible on many browsers, but not all of them. Here's one workaround on Android.

YouTube has been updated so that non-Premium users can no longer access background playback by accessing a third-party browser. YouTube’s background play feature—the ability to play only the audio of ...

Google has plugged a known loophole that allowed Android users to access background playback without a Premium subscription.

Pay, or keep the screen on ...

YouTube's background play feature has stopped working on Samsung Internet, Microsoft Edge, Brave, and other browsers.

Users of the popular uBlock Origin extension on Google Chrome might need to make the switch to a new browser. Or maybe cave and subscribe to YouTube Premium ...