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Reviews for Video Background Play Fix

Video Background Play Fix by JanH

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Response by JanH

Developer response

posted 2 years ago
Does this happen even if you open a new Youtube tab and then start playing back one single (longer) video, or only in conjunction with autoplay and/or playlists? There's a Firefox bug involving the latter (https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1878115).

Also another thing: If you temporarily try disabling any kinds of battery optimisations and stuff like that (compare https://dontkillmyapp.com/) for Firefox – does that improve the situation in any way?

I've tried some eleven or twelve minute long "Category: Music" videos, and as long as I only play back one single video at a time (in order to avoid the above Firefox bug), everything worked fine on my phone.
1,528 reviews
  • by ok bro, 2 days ago
    it worked but don't have pip and when i using discord in mobile, the youtube web will refesh and i can't listen background
  • by Daniel Nalepka, 4 days ago
    [For english scroll down]

    28.07.2026 roku zainstalowałem ten plugin na mobilnej wersji Firefox ver 153.0 na systemie Android 15 i działa ta funkcja odtwarzania video w tle, również w kartach prywatnych - z powodzeniem mogę wyłączyć ekran lub przejść do innej aplikacji i dalej słuchać muzyki, podcastu, vloga itp. Działają też tak shorty. Plugin całkowicie bezobsługowy, zero konfiguracji, zainstalowałem, odświezyłem na wszelki wypadek oglądaną stronę www i sam zaczął działać zgodnie z oczekiwaniami.

    Czytałem tutaj, że ponoć od jakiegoś czasu w 2026 roku przestało to funkcjonować - u mnie działa więc nie umiem się do tego odnieść.

    [English version below]

    On July 28, 2026, I installed this plugin on the mobile version of Firefox version 153.0 on Android 15, and the background video playback feature works, even in private tabs. I can successfully turn off the screen or switch to another app and continue listening to music, podcasts, vlogs, etc. YouTube Shorts also work this way. The plugin is completely maintenance-free, with no configuration required. I installed it, refreshed the website I was viewing just in case, and it started working as expected.

    I read here that this supposedly stopped working some time in 2026 – it works for me, so I can't comment on that.
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  • by Firefox user 12111865, 15 days ago
    A GrapheneOS "must have" fix. Well done. Thank you very much.
  • by Firefox user 20033127, 19 days ago
  • by Firefox user 16046611, 24 days ago
  • by Firefox user 19549742, 25 days ago
    It stopped working :(
  • by Александр, a month ago
  • by tokumei, a month ago
    It doesn't work at least on youtube.
  • by Firefox user 20000799, a month ago
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  • by ArneWeise, 2 months ago
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  • by mj34thid, 2 months ago
    explained perfectly
  • by GG, 2 months ago
    Excellent! Happened on this by chance, but been wanting an app that let's videos/music play in the background for ages. Thank you JanH, very much appreciated 🙏🏻😊👍
  • by Gerard, 2 months ago
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  • by DaNoob77, 2 months ago
    June 2026, been waiting way too long for FF to fix this... Thanks so much this addon perfectly did. and i can again listen music from youtube while doing whatever else on my phone. Very very happy, congrats !!
  • by Adam, 2 months ago
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