Youtube won't play in the background on iOS 10.1.1?

Hey. Everyone who have a problem with playing youtube videos in the background in 10.1 and later

Heres a fix,

The next time you open youtube from your safari browser jist request for a desktop site

You can do it either by using the share button in the bottom left corner and say "show desktop site"

Or

You can tap and hold the refresh button on the right side of the URL bar.

Once you open the desktop site

You can now search for your desired video and once it starts playing, just click the home button. After you are at the home screen just open the control centre and you'll be able to play it in the background once you hit the play button in the music section of the control centre.

Peace.

So since update 10.3.1, the only way I have found to be able to play videos in the background is to load first go to private browsing, go to your video and make sure it is playing and in full screen, then go to advanced safari settings (Settings>Safari>Advanced) and to turn off JavaScript. Then go back to the video, and make sure that it can play. If it doesn't, turn on JavaScript again, and repeat the steps above. If it does, leave safari to the home screen, go to control center, and press play.

Villosa , where you able to fix this ? I'm having the same exact issue . Worked just fine before 2 updates ago. I'm really annoyed about this that I'm even considering moving to android instead. I used YouTube on a daily basis and now I no longer can play music in the background. I can cope w bugs , battery shortage , etc but don't touch my music

It also worked for me through Chrome Desktop Mode, and I have an iPhone 6 on the last update until this date.

Thank you so much for your advice!!!! You and the other bloggers gave me back my music without spending all my battery.

:D !!

---SOLUTION FOUND!!!---

1. DL OPERA MINI

2. OPEN YOUTUBE IN PRIVATE

3.PLAY VIDEO, HOME BUTTON SWIPE LEFT AND HIT PLAY

4.VWUALAAA

THANK ME LATER

Searched through this thread for hours

I'm on iOS 10.3 IPhone 7 plus

Thumbs up if it worked so people can see

I got the same problem for a few weeks now! For me it used to work to open safari, put on a song from youtube, close and then press play in control center but just suddenly didn't work anymore. First in control center you can see the song title, but when I press play it just switches really quick to a view of blank. Now I read this and then I subscribed to YoutubeRed but still not working for me. Superannoyed at this really. Please can you give me some instructions. Thanks!

Hi there. A lot of us have been using Dolphin and it works very well.

You will need to bring up the home screen/control panel and swipe left to bring up the play/pause button. But it has been working for the last several months for a lot of us. Hope this helps :-)

It had always worked there was like a month though where YouTube wouldn't play videos at all iif I was connected to my personal internet had to turn off wifi and go on data. But now after the 10.0 u can no longer listen to videos in background but to your uncertainty like I said u were always able to till update

I don't think you need youtube red for this, you can play it in Safari. Once you started playing song in deaktop version open new tab and put Safari in background, then open control center and play. It is working for me.

Thats why I wrote to this forum because it doesn't work for me! I've tried all tips and tricks and it just don't work. And it used to work like that, as it seems to work for you. But not anymore. It just don't play the song, even I can see the song title and all. But when I press play it turns blank.

I think YouTube/Google has discovered the "desktop mode" trick and shut it down .

Many on these blogs (including myself) have been using the "Dolphin" browser for months it works perfectly. You will have to bring up the control panel, swipe right to bring up the "play button" in the panel.

The few times it has frozen, I simply hit the home button twice, force close the app, and then restart Dolphin and Voila, unfrozen and working again!!!

Hope this solution works as well for you as it has for me and many others who have had success with Dolphin.

iOS 10.1.1 - literally just tried it..

Chrome - just refresh in desktop mode, play video, then come out of the app.

Safari - refresh in desktop mode, play video, tap double arrow icon in bottom right, switch tabs and then come out of the app and it will play in the background.

Tested on 16/06/17

Actually, I have tested this problem with an old iPhone 4S and it allows me to play YouTube music in the background. However, when I attempt to play it in the background on an iPhone 6, it doesn't play. I open up the control center after leaving Safari and the YouTube video appears above the play button, but when I press play, it changes from the YouTube music to the Music app, playing one of my songs from the Music app. So, I believe that either the version of my iPhone 4S either has a miraculous glitch, or the iPhone 4S doesn't have the same problem as the later versions.

I have found a solution to this problem. If you want to play music from YouTube in the background while you are using other apps, or while your phone screen is locked, just use a free app called Musi. It is rated 4 1/2 out of 5 stars and it truly works. In fact, I am using it right now as I type this solution. I certainly hope this helps others.

Yeah if you play vid then leave app it wont work with safari.

You have to refresh in desktop mode > play video > tap double arrow thing in bottom left of video > change tabs > then come out of the app.

iOS 10.1.1 - 6s