Top 3 Ways to Play YouTube Video in Background (Android)

YouTube ,a global video sharing website owned by the tech giant Google. YouTube gained it's spotlight from the day it was launched.The official app of  YouTube is an integrated part of  every Android mobile.The app provides a seamless experience to view,upload,live stream a video.

       "More than 400 hours of content is uploaded every minute in YouTube"

The only drawback of YouTube app is that it can't play a video in background which many may feel discomfort while playing their favorite videos.Probably YouTube wants us to focus on our videos rather than listening to an audio.

Today i'll show you top 3 ways to play YouTube videos in background.

3.Bubble Browsers

Bubble browsers are used to view the websites in Messenger's chathead like style.It will be useful when you want to visit a site without losing your current work.The same can used to watch YouTube videos.On minimizing the bubble,video continues to play on the background.

Some of the bubble browsers in Android are Flynx,Flyperlink,Javelin,LinkBubble.

Flynx

Flynx is just like chat head in messenger.It scans for the links from other apps such as Twitter,Facebook.It is completely free and there are no ads in app which is interesting.

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Javelin

Javelin is an another kind of bubble browsers which approaches browsing in a very different manner.The websites are displayed in card like view rather than chat head.It is just like the recent apps screen of Lollipop devices.You can open up to 10 windows at a time.

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2.Use Popup browsers

Popup browsers doesn't play videos in background but it does play in a small window.This window can be resized as per your choices.Screen can be dragged and moved to any specified locations.

Some of the popup browsers are Popup browser,Awesome Pop-up Video,Floating Tube.

Download from the links above.

3.Chrome or FireFox

This is the most simplest solution of all without installing any additional app.Everyone has Chrome or Mozilla in android mobiles.These browsers can play a youtube videos in background.

Steps involved

• Search for a youtube video in mobile website or copy the link from app.
• Open it in browser.
• If it opens mobile website,request the desktop site which opens the desktop version of the YouTube.
• Play the video.
• You can now minimize,it will play the video in background.

Note:If the browser opens YouTube app on clicking the link,try clearing the defaults of the app in Settings > Apps > YouTube > Clear defaults

Hope this article helped you to play the YouTube video in background.Writ down your comments below.

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Everything About MIUI 10

Xiomi is the one of the leading chinese mobile brand around the world and has a major market in Asian countries like India,China,Malaysia.It became popular due to their modified ROM miui which comprises full of customizations.

Xiomi never fails to support their older devices.They provide their latest version of MIUI to almost all their devices.

                              "  Colors, like features, follow the changes of the emotions "
                                                                                                      - Pablo Picasso
 MIUI is continously evolving with the current technology and provides those features to the customers.Now it is time for MIUI 10 which was recently launched for 9 Xiomi devices.

Google recently launched Android P for 12 devices including Mi Mix 2S with customizations such as new notification design,new recent apps design and much more. Xiomi adds this flavors to the MIUI 10 ROM.

Features of MIUI 10:

Visual View

 Fullscreen Experience

    MIUI 10 adds the full screen support which disables the navigation bar and adds the gesture support to  handle the functions of a navigation bar.This feature might be hard at first.Later,you'll get used to it.It'll be great to use your phone with fullscreen as it will be a great experience.As Xiomi has some big bezel less devices,it will  surely give you a immersive experience.
         It's a optional feature which can be enabled or disabled in the Settings.

New Notification Shade

MIUI 10 completely revamped the previous notification style into Android P approach.This version completely concentrates on the user interface.Even the volume dialog is changed into the stock Android style.The lockscreen also has a minor tweak which many may not notice.The notification toggle buttons changes into blue color when clicked.Corners of the notification is rounded just like the cards.

Recent Apps Makeover

Recent apps screen,one of the things that didn't changed much since the launch of the ROM.But now Xiomi decided to modify the recent apps in a different manner.This style looks entirely new and uses the full screen size.Used apps are arranged in a list,users can swipe left or right to close the running app.The fullscreen gesture works even in the recent apps screen.When the app is long clicked,we get some options  like lock app,settings of that app and multi screen.

Internal Improvements

Faster App Launch Time

Xiomi  claims that the MIUI launches the app much faster than the other competitors.Even the third party apps launches quicker than the system apps.The company states that some apps loads directly to the start page without looking into the loading progress.

AI Portrait Mode

"Portrait mode",most popular in terms of the mobile cameras which was launched recently.Most of the mobiles which support portrait have dual cameras.But Xiomi asserts that they brought portrait to single camera devices.Even the old devices will get this feature which is a great news to the users.
Xiomi made the portrait mode possible to single camera devices.

Devices that supports Portrait

• Xiaomi Mi Mix 2
• Xiaomi Mi 5s
• Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus
• Xiaomi Mi 5
• Xiaomi Mi Note 2
• Xiaomi Mi Max
• Xiaomi Mi Max 2
• Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 (India)
• Xiaomi Redmi Note 4X
• Xiaomi Redmi Note 3
• Xiaomi Redmi 5
• Xiaomi Redmi 4
• Xiaomi Redmi 4X

This was the most interesting feature in MIUI 10.Not sure about the quality of the pictures but it must be good as it was a portrait mode.

Official Sample

Other Features

Ambient Noises

Timer is an important app for the one's who want to be in a time.MIUI 10 adds some of the ambient noises to make the timer countdowns much more interesting with nature sounds such as forest,night,beach,drizzle,fire.

Some of new sounds were added for notification.Xiomi concerted more on the nature feel like sounds which will be refreshing to the users.

When will I get the update?

Xiomi decided to rollout the updates in a batches of three.One in early July,late July and last one in early August.You can either wait for official update or download the ROM.

Beta ROMs are already available for the 9 devices

1. Redmi Note 5 Pro
2. Mi Mix 2S
3. Mi Mix 2
4. Redmi Note 5
5. Redmi S2(Redmi Y2 in India)
6. Mi Mix
7. Mi 6
8. Mi Note 2
9. Mi 5

You can download the ROM from the above link and update your phone.Instructions were given in that link.

What are you waiting for? Install the MIUI 10 to your Xiomi devices and provide your feedback

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Instagram Lite: A Needed Lite Version (Download)

Hello mates,It's been a long since I posted in blog!I came with an interesting news to post about.We all know about Instagram, a photo and video sharing app. It was released on April 2012 for Android and became a must have app in every one's mobile.Many can't use this app due to their drawbacks such as:

• High RAM consumption 
• Takes too much of storage 
• Huge data consumption 

Lite version had became a trend for the social network apps such Facebook,Messenger.These were released to cover the users with low end devices.
Instagram lite has a interface like the mobile website and doesn't feature the direct message.
Lite doesn't have the IGTv which is recently added to the Instagram app.
Some important points to be noted in this lite version :

1. App size is just 573KB(Varies with device) 
2. Consumes comparatively much less memory than the original app
3. Takes 10-15MB after the installation 
4. Videos in your feed does not autoplay.Hence,your data will not be wasted.

Remember this is the first version of the lite.They may introduce the direct message and IGTv in their next releases.This app is just been launched in Mexico and not available in other countries.They will rollout soon in other countries too.
Try out the lite version now.
Download: Instagram Lite
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