Xiaomi’s free YouTube background playback feature is going away because Google wants you to pay for premium

Xiaomi is discontinuing a popular feature that allowed users to play YouTube videos in the background without a premium subscription. This change affects devices running HyperOS, MIUI 14, MIUI 13, and MIUI 12, impacting models like Xiaomi 14, 13, 13 Pro, and 12T. Xiaomi attributes the removal to “compliance requirements,” possibly due to pressure from Google to align with paid services like YouTube Premium. Users who enjoyed this feature will now need to subscribe to YouTube Premium for background playback functionality.

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