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YouTube Background Playback Terminates When Phone Is Locked or Enters Sleep Mode
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Personal experienceImported from BlueskyPublished Oct 16, 2026
Impact: my phone closes the app while my phone is asleep
From the original report
“the play with phone sleeping function doesn't work because my phone closes the app while my phone is asleep”
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Details & sources
- How received
- Imported from Bluesky
- Source published
- Oct 16, 2026
- Observed
- Unknown
- Added to CleanApp
- Oct 16, 2026
- Product connection
- Affected product or place
- Original issue status
- Unknown
- Resolution
- Unknown
- Verification
- Not independently reproduced
Source count unknown
Why this source type: The author personally reports an issue where the background playback feature of their YouTube subscription does not work as expected.
CleanApp AI summary
YouTube Background Playback Terminates When Phone Is Locked or Enters Sleep Mode: User reports that YouTube's background playback feature fails to stay active when the device is locked, resulting in the app being killed or closed during sleep mode.
Report counts are not affected-user counts. A closed original issue does not confirm a fix.
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