YouTube not running in background

  • Version 1.86 (144) BraveCore 1.86.144 (144.0.7559.97) Device iPhone16,2 (iOS 26.2.1)

I’ve also been experiencing this issue for quite awhile now through the last few months, it’s been on and off but lately pretty much all the time.

Always keep my phone and app updated soon after public releases, so I can confirm the issue has persisted throughout all of the updates, as well as deleting and reinstalling the app multiple times.

While signed in. I’ve tried multiple ways of minimising to trigger it to keep background audio going, but hardly ever works now. eg locking the phone directly from the side button while brave is open, or swiping up to minimise the app (I can’t really control it but notice it either minimises to the app icon on the wallpaper or goes up into the Dynamic Island on the iPhone), also tried to restart the audio by pressing play with the player on the lock screen hoping it will stay, but after a few seconds the audio just stops again. Also tried full screen etc.

9 times out of 10 it doesn’t work anymore :frowning: :confused: