Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. You can play YouTube videos in the background using desktop mode on Android. Use Picture-in-Picture mode on Android or iPhone to ...

Lots of people use YouTube as their main music streaming app. But unlike other music apps, if you close the app or lock your iPhone while listening, all the music will shut off. That is, unless you've ...

YouTube is the home of funny cat videos and tutorials for just about anything you can think of, but it's also a platform for streaming music, podcasts, and other audio content that do not require ...

Microsoft Edge has an experimental feature that supports background video playback on Android. Anyone can try the feature, but you have to download Microsoft Edge Canary for Android and jump through a ...

One of the main benefits of a YouTube Premium subscription is being able to play videos in the background, but at $14 per month, it becomes difficult to justify the cost, especially if you're not ...

Matt Elliott is a senior editor at CNET with a focus on laptops and streaming services. Matt has more than 20 years of experience testing and reviewing laptops. He has worked for CNET in New York and ...

Android 17 is tightening background audio rules to stop apps from unexpectedly playing sounds or hijacking audio controls.

YouTube announced two major updates for its most affordable subscription plan, the Premium Lite, on March 12. The company is adding background play and download ...

Pandora allows you to listen to free Internet radio. If you leave the application open, you can see the album art and radio controls, but Pandora will also run in the background if your iPhone has iOS ...

YouTube viewers are reporting that background play no longer works on Samsung Internet, Vivaldi, and other browsers. The breaking of background play on multiple ...

Have you ever wanted to listen to a YouTube video while scrolling on social media? Perhaps you are trying to follow a phone tutorial and need to follow the video as you work it out. There are a lot ...