YouTube TV listeners can now listen to shows in the background even if their phone screen is locked, a spokesperson for YouTube said on Tuesday.
“I can confirm that we are running an experiment that enables YouTube TV playback to continue after the phone screen is locked for Android and iOS mobile users,” a YouTube representative told CNET in an email. “If a viewer has the YouTube TV app on and then goes to lock their phone, playback will continue. If users want to avoid background playback, they can pause the video before locking their phone.”
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The feature has been called background play, or background playback, because that’s exactly what happens. If YouTube TV subscribers lock their mobile device, they can continue to hear the soundtrack of whatever they were just watching. Users can leave the app or lock their phone and as long as the
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