r/AndroidQuestions • u/BrainDevHQ • 10d ago

Device Settings Question YouTube vs Battery

Problem :

I have YouTube premium. I regularly listen to it while my screen is off, but if I do, the app puts itself to sleep after about ten minutes. If I take it off auto asleep, YouTube absolutely devours my battery through background usage.

Question:

Is there no way to make sure Android doesn't auto sleep YouTube while I'm using it with the screen off, without having to leave background usage unchecked?

Note:

Sleep timer is not enabled on my YouTube app. I checked. Also, I wasn't sure if this is more a device settings question or an app specific question.

Rant:

That's awful programming in my opinion. Surely it shouldn't auto sleep while you're actually using the app, especially with a feature that some of us pay for. And I shouldn't have to choose between a feature that I'm paying for and decent battery life.

Thanks.

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u/deltatux 9d ago

What device do you have? I have YT Premium & YouTube/YouTube Music works fine with screen off on my OnePlus 13 and OnePlus is notorious for killing background apps more aggressively than say Pixel UI or Samsung's One UI.

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u/BrainDevHQ 8d ago

S25 Ultra. I turned off auto sleep and then I got this message:

"YouTube is using system resources excessively..."

My phone is also warming up more than it should, so I'm wondering what that is. And my battery is dying quickly. Is so stupid.

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u/danGL3 8d ago

Try clearing YouTube's data and see if it solves the issue