There is no doubt that one of the most desired functions of YouTube Premium is the ability to listen to music with the screen off. The payment method of this well-known video platform also wipes advertising off the map, but it may not rent to those who do not use it every day.
Fortunately, as the colleagues from Mundo Xiaomi have echoed, there is a function in the mobiles of the Chinese manufacturer that allows us to listen to the songs of our favorite artists without paying for YouTube Premium. We tell you how to take advantage of it.
Listen to music on YouTube with your mobile locked without paying a penny
Once we subscribe to YouTube Premium, we will see how the advertising disappears. But it’s not the only benefit, as we’ll also have access to a large music library, YouTube Music. Without the payment method, ads invade the platformand they are increasingly intrusive.
However, your Xiaomi mobile arrives on stage to become the protagonist of this story. Both with a mobile and a tablet that use the latest customization layer from the manufacturer, MIUI 14, you will be able to take advantage of a hidden function.
This is the native ‘Music’ application, a player that comes pre-installed and that not many users use. Well, despite the fact that its function is to play local content that we store in the internal memory of our mobile, it hides something else.
In order to forget about the youtube ads, we will have to activate a somewhat hidden setting called “Online content services”. To do this, we will look for the aforementioned application and follow a few simple steps:
- tap on the settings iconlocated in the upper left corner of the ‘Music’ application.
- Then click on “Settings”. Later in “Advanced settings”.
- Scroll down until you see a switch labeled “Online Content Services”, activate it.
- Ready! You will only have to use the integrated search engine in the app to watch YouTube videos without ads totally free.
As we will see below, on the main screen of the app we will find results directly from the Google platform. We will avoid the ads and we will be able to turn off the screen: the music will continue playing.
It will suffice to create a playlist, pair our Bluetooth headphones, and enjoy. Eliminate ads and take advantage of a function as useful as this one never been so easy. All thanks to an application that yes or yes we will have on our Xiaomi mobile.
Via | Xiaomi World
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