Reports claim YouTube no longer plays in the background on Samsung Internet and Brave, breaking a popular screen-off audio workaround.
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YouTube seems to be blocking background video playback on Samsung Internet, Brave, and other browsers
Submitted 1 month 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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buckykat@hexbear.net 1 month ago
cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 1 month ago
It works fine in Firefox on Android if you switch to the desktop site.
01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 1 month 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?!
hal_5700X@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Use frontends: FreeTube, and Grayjay (desktop).