NOTE: Sorry about the occasional buzzing sound from the microphone. Our favorite cuddly librarian found a second job! Cross-Stitch riverboat cruises don't pay for themselves, you know...
To listen while using other apps, switch the player to Picture-in-Picture (PiP) during playback — it keeps playing in a small floating window (the screen stays on).
To listen with the screen fully off, in-browser playback stops by YouTube's design. Open the video in the YouTube app to keep listening where background playback is supported (e.g. with YouTube Premium).
Open in YouTube app