How to Play YouTube Music in Background for Free

Part 2: Run YouTube in the Background on Your Android

We’ve shown how to do it on iPhone, and now here are the instructions on Android.

Step 1 Open Chrome on your Android phone and type https://m.youtube.com into the address bar to get to the mobile version of YouTube.

Step 2 Search for the video you want to play.

Step 3 Choose Desktop by tapping the three vertical dots in the top-right corner of the screen.

Step 4 Once the desktop site loads, tap the start button to play the video.

Step 5 Once the video is playing, press the home button on your device to go back to the home screen. This will pause the video.

Step 6 Swipe down to reach the Control Center and find the video in your settings.

Step 7 Tap the play button and YouTube will play in the background.

Part 3: Run YouTube Music in the Background by Creating a Desktop Site

If you're not a paying subscriber to YouTube Music and would like to keep music playing when you minimize the app or go to another one, you can follow the tips:

Step 1 Go to Settings, navigate to "Apps" on your phone, and select the "YouTube Music" app.

Step 2 Click the "Open Supported Links" setting, and choose "In other app".

Step 3 Open your Google Chrome browser, navigate to YouTube Official Website , and sign into your YouTube Music account.

Step 4 Once a YouTube Music song has begun to play, select "Desktop site" by tapping the three dots in the top right corner.

Your YouTube Music songs will continue to stream when you return to the home screen and open other apps.

Part 4: Download YouTube Music to Play in the Background

Although the above method is practical, you must listen while connected to a reliable internet connection. So you'd better download YouTube Music to your local device for a better listening experience. But what if you are not a YouTube Music subscriber, you need a tool to download YouTube Music.

KeepMusic YouTube Music Converter is a download tool specially designed for users who want to download music and music videos from YouTube Music. It supports downloading songs at 10X speed to AAC/MP3/WAV/ALAC/FLAC/ALAC. It also supports retaining the original sound quality and ID3 tags of the songs after conversion. Meanwhile, KeepMusic YouTube Music Converter has a built-in YouTube Music web player, so you don't need to download extra music apps.

The downloaded songs are saved locally on your computer, and you can use them for more personal purposes, such as adding them to PowerPoint presentations, as background music for videos, or as wake-up alarms. How does it work? In this part, we'll show you how to download YouTube Music to MP3 files.

Step 1 Install and run KeepMusic YouTube Music Converter on your computer.

Step 2 Then click the "SIGN IN" to log in with your YouTube Music account.

Step 3 Click the "Settings" button to choose the MP3 as the output format or the format you want. Also, you can set the Bit Rate and Sample Rate.

Step 4 Open the playlist you like, and click the "Add" button to choose the songs you want to download

Step 5 Then click the "Convert" button.

You need to know, the program opens the "Also download the music video (If provided)" option by default. So when downloading songs, the program will automatically detect whether the downloaded songs contain music videos for you. If included, it will be downloaded to the computer with the music file by default and saved in the same folder. If you don’t want to download YouTube Music videos, you can choose to close the option.

Step 6 After all songs are downloaded, you can click the "Converted" button or click the folder icon to check the downloaded songs.

Conclusion

Now you already know the step-by-step process of running YouTube in the background on your device, so you can listen to your favorite music, podcasts, or educational videos while checking emails, browsing social media, or even playing games. With the help of KeepMusic YouTube Music Converter, let's dive in and discover the joy of seamless multitasking with YouTube Music!