for the record, i'm not in an acute ward, so they’re more lax about what i’m allowed to keep with me based on the fact that my recovery has been consistent, which directly affects risk assessment
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