Popular YouTube background playback workaround stops working

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YouTube may be blocking background play on third-party browsers (Update: Google confirms)

YouTube's background play feature has stopped working on Samsung Internet, Microsoft Edge, Brave, and other browsers.
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YouTube blocks background play for non-premium subscribers on third-party browsers

YouTube has been updated so that non-Premium users can no longer access background playback by accessing a third-party browser. YouTube’s background play feature—the ability to play only the audio of ...

Google confirmed it is closing free YouTube background playback loopholes

Using certain third-party browsers to get background playback is reportedly going away. Most users tend to associate and purchase YouTube Premium to ...

YouTube quietly blocks background playback trick in third-party Android browsers

A long-standing workaround that allowed YouTube videos to keep playing in the background through third-party Android browsers ...
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YouTube background play workaround no longer works in some third-party browsers

Samsung Internet, Brave, and other third-party browser users on Android have noticed their non-Premium workaround is no ...