How to listen to Youtube songs with the iPhone screen off

One of the questions we constantly ask ourselves is why can't we listen to YouTube music in the background on our iPhone. This is something basic for many users since the simple fact of turning off the screen and continuing to listen to our favorite music on the social network is something that could be done in the past.

Today we will show a little "trick" to be able to listen to Youtube songs with the iPhone screen turned off and the device totally locked. This can also be carried out on the iPad, since it is the same operating system.

Why is it not allowed to listen to YouTube videos in the background?

Well, the answer to this question is as simple as saying that what they want is for you to pay for it. Yes, YouTube Red payment service, allows users to perform this action of being able to turn off the iPhone or iPad and continue listening to music, we are going to see an option that currently works and does not require any payment.

This is like downloading Youtube videos or audio in mp3There are options for this but they are not the most natural to carry out, we are going to require a few steps to carry out the action. So we are not going to entertain ourselves anymore and we go with it. The steps are simple, but you have to do them like this:

• We open Youtube in the Safari browser of the iPhone or iPad
• Click on the top left "Aa" and place the desktop version
• We look for the song and start playing it on the iPhone
• We lock the iPhone and when it stops, we activate the screen again and hit the play button
• Music will start playing in the background

This option has several drawbacks since we cannot pass the YouTube video ads, but at least we can listen to the music in the background. It is not that it is the most intuitive and simple method in the world but it is not complicated either. On the other hand, in my case, I am not in the beta version of iOS, my iPhone has iOS 13.6 installed. You may already know about this option but share it for those who do not know it.