On more than one occasion we have talked about the different ways to play youtube videos in the background or with the mobile phone screen turned off. However, they are always there new ways to take advantage of a feature that to this day remains exclusive to YouTube Premium users.
The latter was discovered by a Reddit user, and allows for "Listen" to YouTube videos with the mobile phone screen off, without the need to resort to modified YouTube applications, or the web version of YouTube or other browsers other than Chrome.
Listen to the audio of YouTube videos using VLC
The process is extremely simple and all you need for have fun with this trick is to install the VLC video player on your mobile. If you don't have it yet, we remind you that it is one of the best video players for Android, as well as being totally free.
Once the player is installed, you just need to follow these steps:
- Open any video in the YouTube app
- Tap the "share" icon at the top right of the video window and, in the app list, choose the "play with VLC" option to open the video in the player
- Once inside VLC, tap the options menu - the three-dot icon at the bottom right - and click "Play as audio"
And this is all. If you now turn off your mobile screen or just quit the app, the audio will continue to play as if you were using YouTube Music or YouTube Premium and without the need to resort to third-party apps or tools such as YouTube Vanced whose installation, not being available for download on Google Play, could involve a certain risk for inexperienced users.
