As the price of YouTube Premium subscription increases, for some users, it may be a subscription that they don’t know how to afford or even don’t have much budget to subscribe to. We have previously introduced several Android App alternatives, and some netizens asked, is there one for iOS? If you just want to be able to play YouTube videos in the background, then the Video Lite free app recommended in this article can do it.
Video Lite is a free iPhone app that plays YouTube in the background without a Premium membership
Video Lite is a browser app specially built for video websites. It provides a download function, but YouTube does not support it. After entering the homepage, click on the video website you want to see. Let’s look at YouTube first:
After clicking, you will go to the YouTube homepage, and then you can start looking for the YouTube video you want to play in the background.此外，这款 App 一开始都有提供 15 天无广告的付费福利，意味着这 15 天内你看任何 YouTube 影片也都不会受到广告干扰：
I randomly find a Mayday playlist. After entering the video playback page, you will see a… function in the lower right corner. Click it to find other functions provided by this app. The downward arrow in the lower left corner is the button for background playback. Please click it:
You will see the playback interface shrink to the bottom, and you can jump out of the app:
The music will continue to play without interruption. If it is a playlist, the next song will continue to play after it is played. It is really great. For those who want to play YouTube music in the background, this app can satisfy it:
It also supports YouTube account login function, but because it is a third-party App, you have to take care of the security part yourself. You can also create a new account for safer use:
Also supports picture-in-picture video playback function:
There are also AirPlay and Chromecast casting functions:
For other audio and video websites, when you open the website, you will see the browser interface, that is, there will be a URL bar at the bottom, such as TikTok in the picture below, and there will be a small download icon next to it. After opening it, you can find the download function:
Then a download window will pop up. After setting, click download:
However, TikTok does not seem to support it. The downloaded file format is .htm, not a video file, so it cannot be viewed:
In the settings, you can find out how many days you have left ad-free, and there is also an option to remove ads for free, but you can only change it by recommending friends, one friend per month. The paid part only has one-month and three-month options, and there is no lifetime option, which is a pity:
Finally, I would like to remind you that I am not sure whether the YouTube background playback function of this app can continue to be used. Therefore, if it suddenly stops working one day, you can only wait for the developer to fix it. Judging from the update date of the app version, the developer is currently quite diligent in updating, and there may be other new features or support in the future.
Source: KOCPC Chinese