Lock Screen Interrupts Web Streaming

Hi Ruwallydog,

Thank you for using the Apple Support Communities! It's my understanding that websites playing audio and/or video will stop once your screen locks. I can provide you guidance.

If you are on a website playing audio or video, but your screen locks/goes to sleep, it is normal for the audio and video to stop playing at that time. You would want to adjust the Auto-Lock setting under Settings > Display & Brightness > Auto-Lock, if you wish to keep your iPhone from going to sleep. You can also look into enabling 'Attention Aware Features' if you are indeed using an iPhone XS as your post suggests: About Attention Aware features on your iPhone X or iPad Pro - Apple Support.

Now, if you are listening to music through the Music app, for example, the music should continue to play even after your screen locks/goes to sleep.

Feel free to leave suggestions and feedback here: Product Feedback - Apple.

Thank you for your post.

Take care.

There is a clear use-case logic break in the setup of auto-lock in 13.

If one is streaming video content via AirPlay, it would be expected that the iPhone would not capture “attention”. Users will be focused on a second screen. Since attention is required to avoid auto-lock, and since auto-lock NO LONGER HAS a “Never” option, it becomes impossible to avoid phone locking interruptions of Airplay streaming.

The REALLY obvious answer is to have an AirPlay option to disable the auto-lock while streaming is underway. Or, ensure that locking does not interrupt streaming. Or, both.

Please fix this. Thank you.

Totally agree. Never a problem before the last upgrade. Just saw there was a new update so going to see if it was fixed in there. If not, you need to address Apple. Don’t want to disable phone lock permanently. That is a huge security issue

This isn’t helpful at all. Frequently I watch movie trailers or videos from various apps and display them through my Apple TV via AirPlay Now without fail half way through, the video stops and I have to unlock my phone. It didn’t do that before.

This is a ******** answer. Apple used to be great. That peaked in abt 2010. It’s been downhill since. Thanks a lot, Tim Apple and the **** around gang. RIP Steve Jabroni.