Youtube stops playing when phone screen goes black

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Description of the issue:

Youtube stops playing video when the phone screen is locked, or, times out and locks.

Steps to Reproduce (add as many as necessary): 1. 2. 3.

  1. Play a youtube video
  2. either lock the screen or wait for the phone to time out and lock it.
  3. Or … switch to another app.
  4. Or … minimize the brave browser.
  5. when any of those happen, the video stops playing. But it hasn’t behaved that way in the past.

Actual Result (gifs and screenshots are welcome!):

n/a

Expected result:

In the past, the videos continued to play.

Reproduces how often:

It happens every time now.

Operating System and Brave Version(See the About Brave page in the main menu):

Android 10; build/qp1a.190711.020

Brave 1.83.112, Chromium 141.0.7390.70

Additional Information:

n/a

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