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.

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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.