Reports claim YouTube no longer plays in the background on Samsung Internet and Brave, breaking a popular screen-off audio workaround.
It works fine in Firefox on Android if you switch to the desktop site.
YouTube seems to be blocking background video playback on Samsung Internet, Brave, and other browsers
Submitted 21 hours ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to technology@lemmy.zip
https://piunikaweb.com/2026/01/28/youtube-background-play-samsung-internet-brave/
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cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 13 hours ago
buckykat@hexbear.net 10 hours ago
That’s what NewPipe is for
01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 17 hours ago
How can you watch those ads, if your screen if off?? Won’t anyone think of the c suite and board??! Oh, and of the shareholders, I guess?!