A latest bug with the YouTube Music app on Android keeps your show on, whatever the set screen timeout interval.
Update 9/22: Google has fastened this challenge per week later with YouTube Music 5.25.51. It’s rolling out now by way of the Play Store.
Update 9/15: Version 5.24.50 of YouTube Music is rolling out this afternoon and nonetheless comprises the bug that keeps your screen on when the Android app is open and audio is enjoying.
Original 9/13: We’re encountering this challenge with model 5.23.50 of the app that rolled out late final week. You may be in any a part of the app from the Now Playing UI to YouTube Music’s Home feed, and the screen will stay on even for those who don’t work together additional with the machine.
This challenge exists on Pixel telephones operating Android 13 and Samsung gadgets operating 12L that we checked. In one take a look at, the show remained lively for round quarter-hour whereas music was enjoying. There look like zero issues when nothing is streaming, whereas the bug impacts YouTube Premium subscribers.
In observe, that is annoying for people who set a tune and depart their machine (to cost) solely to come back again and discover the show nonetheless on and their machine heat. That mentioned, most individuals manually flip off the screen earlier than sliding the telephone again into their pocket or shortly swipe dwelling after singing choice.
Google will hopefully launch a YouTube Music replace in brief order to deal with this unintended conduct.
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