Xiaomi recently announced that they are removing a MIUI feature which allows smartphone users to play YouTube in the background without any restrictions. YouTube background play is only available in YouTube premium but Xiaomi has introduced a feature called “Play video sound with screen off” some times earlier.
Why Xiaomi is Removing the feature
Company introduced a feature in miui earlier called “Play video sound with screen off” which allows users to play video on YouTube in background.The company made the announcement on March 7 through their Mi Fans Telegram channel, we are removing these features due to compliance requirements for the change. In their telegram fan channel post Xiaomi said :-
Dear Xiaomi users,
Due to compliance requirements, we regret to inform you that we have removed the “Play video sound with screen off” function in the video toolbox feature and the “Turn off screen” function in the game toolbox feature through Over-The-Air (OTA) updates.
We think this feature is removed because Google offers this feature in YouTube premium plans which start at $ 13.99 monthly subscription services. Maybe google makes some pressure on Company to remove these features , if users are using the premium features without paying a monthly subscription then it is a big loss for YouTube and its creators.
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List of Affected smartphones
The company also released the list of devices in which this feature will be removed in the upcoming update.company also aware its users that this not a bug if you do not find this feature after updating.The models for which this feature is being deprecated are listed in the following images.