You too are certainly a consumer of multimedia files with your Samsung Galaxy S20 FE, the favorite application of Internet users remains with a substantial YouTube margin. With 4 billion videos viewed per day worldwide, the only competitors that can keep up are the social media platforms Facebook and Instagram. However, if you are watching video content, you may want to do something else at the same time. It's true that with a smartphone, you can't do as with your computer and change tabs to perform another task with YouTube in the background.

In this guide we are going to show you how to put YouTube in the background on Samsung Galaxy S20 FE. To do this, first of all, we will show you how to watch a YouTube video in the background, and, then, how to minimize the YouTube application on your Samsung Galaxy S20 FE.

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How to make YouTube work in the background on Samsung Galaxy S20 FE?

There are two different techniques to keep playing a YouTube video in the background on an Android device, either you hover the app in the background, it's like when you switch apps and the YouTube app stays active in the background. background on your Samsung Galaxy S20 FE. Obviously to consume visual content it is still more logical to have the application in the foreground, despite everything, there are also many podcasts and music on this kind of platform and suddenly to enjoy the sound without the visual is a logical wish. In addition, if you ever turn off your screen you will save battery, an extremely scarce resource because smartphones are always more energy-intensive. We will explain to you how to continue watching a YouTube video in the background on your Samsung Galaxy S20 FE.

Watch a YouTube video in the background on Samsung Galaxy S20 FE with YouTube Premium

If you sometimes want to put the YouTube application in the background on your Samsung Galaxy S20 FE without stopping viewing your content and suddenly still enjoy the audio of your video, know that the ideal solution, and who of plus is the only one really legal is to subscribe to YouTube Premium. Although quite expensive, it is the solution directly developed by YouTube and which will suddenly meet your needs without any bug. It will inevitably be up to you to assess whether the expense is equivalent to your use of the platform, but if you are ever a big fan of videos you should amortize the investment fairly quickly. In addition, there is exclusive content which is only accessible for premium members. For € 9 / month you will have access to YouTube Music , you will be able to play music in the background, and even download it to listen to it offline, plus you avoid all the ads. Or so for € 11 / month you will enjoy YouTube Premium to have the same advantages but with videos of the platform, you can still view a windowed YouTube video on your Samsung Galaxy S20 FE.

Watch a YouTube video in the background through an application: New Pipe

After having explained the paid and normal method, we will now explain how to use YouTube in the background for free on your Samsung Galaxy S20 FE. As we told you above, any third-party application for viewing YouTube content is prohibited by the terms of use of the platform, despite everything there are open source alternatives that allow you to bypass these rules. You expose that said to a legal risk , You decide.

By using the New Pipe app, you will be able to use after having downloaded and installed the app on your Samsung Galaxy S20 FE, enjoy the entire YouTube catalog directly from the application. You will be able to use YouTube in windowed or in the background. This is the best solution that our team has chosen, but beware, given that Google prohibits this kind of application there is always the risk that it will be deactivated sooner or later.

In the event that you are looking for how to download a YouTube video to your Samsung Galaxy S20 FE, we invite you to read our guide on this subject.

How to shrink YouTube video on Samsung Galaxy S20 FE?

After explaining the solutions available to play YouTube in the background on your device, we will now teach you how to minimize the YouTube app on your Samsung Galaxy S20 FE. Note that the procedure is very close to the one seen just above, for some solutions we will refer you to the detailed procedure of the previous part.

Reduce YouTube video on Samsung Galaxy S20 FE with latest app version

A majority of smartphone users do not think about updating applications, or they do so voluntarily by choice to keep memory on their Samsung Galaxy S20 FE. However, you are not going to have access to some particularly useful features. This is precisely the case with the YouTube app, if you update your app, you will realize that pressing the button " Home  »Of your Samsung Galaxy S20 FE, you will minimize YouTube and switch it to windowed mode . This will allow you to use other applications on your laptop.

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