Our lovable librarian is back, just in time for story time! SHE'S not reading the story. Ugh, NO. Now, get back to work, intern person. (I don't do names.)
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