How to listen to YouTube music with the mobile screen off
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The way we consume multimedia content has undergone a substantial change for some time now. Very rarely do we get in front of the TV to consume live programs. Failing that, we subscribe to user channels that have things to tell us that do interest us. From tutorials to English classes. Experiences and criticism of all kinds. But a problem occurs: there are times when we just want to listen and not see. The YouTube application does not allow us to continue playing the video with the locked screen.It is, so far, an exclusive feature of the YouTube Red service, which we don't even have in Spain.
And that is our purpose here and now. Offer you a clear and simple way so that you can listen to all YouTube videos without having to have the screen unlocked. To do this, we will only need to download an application. An app that many of you will already have downloaded. We are talking about Telegram. So you can listen to YouTube music with the screen off
Listen now to YouTube videos with the locked screen
To be able to continue listening to YouTube videos with your mobile phone locked, you must do the following.
If you don't already have it installed, go to the Play Store app store. Or, simply, click on this link that will take you directly to the Telegram download. Telegram is a great alternative to WhatsApp that, among other features, allows you to write messages to yourself.And not only write you messages, but also attach photos (which you can later download to your computer with the desktop version of Telegram).
When we have installed it on our device, we open it and proceed to enter our phone number. The procedure is very simple and in a minute you will have your account. Open a chat window with yourself. To do this, access the three-line hamburger menu that you find in the upper left part of the app. In the drop down menu, click on the cloud icon Write some test to create the personal chat room. At this time, your account will appear with the rest of the chat rooms that you open in the future. We recommend that you anchor your room, so that you always have it located.
To pin your chat room to the top of the conversations list, tap and hold your profile picture. From the pop-up menu that appears, select 'Pin'. At that point, you will always have your Personal Room above any other.
A trick that works, even when viewing other apps
Now, let's go to the YouTube app. We look for the video that we want to play with the screen off. And we proceed to share it on Telegram, specifically ourselves. Once shared, we return to the Telegram application again. We look for our chat window and open it. You'll see the YouTube video you just shared in a format that shows a thumbnail of it. Now, what you have to do is click on the thumbnail of the video image Do not click on the links that are generated or the video will open directly in the application.
As you can see, the video is playing, directly, in your chat room, in a small lower window. Now, you just have to lock the mobile and…. Ready! As you can see, the video continues to play on your mobile, even if you're not watching it.If you do not want to block the mobile, but want to listen to it but continue using the mobile, you can too. The video will continue to play while you open other applications, browse the Internet or talk on WhatsApp.
As you can see, a very simple trick to listen to music from YouTube with the screen off.
