Xiaomi mobile phones had a very special feature: play media in the background Thanks to the multi-window function. This had one significant advantage over other ROMs: YouTube videos could be played in the background without needing the service’s Premium plan.

The company announced through the official Xiaomi Community channel that it will bid farewell to this feature: for “regulatory compliance” reasons, this function will be disabled in MIUI and HyperOS ROMs.

Say goodbye to playing content when the screen is off

This wasn’t a bug or a hack, it was an MIUI function. Xiaomi mobile phones allowed content to be played in the background when the screen was off; This was in stark contrast to policies such as Google; This only allowed this option on accounts that paid for YouTube Premium.

Following the entry into force of the new DMA, a measure affecting tech giants, Xiaomi announced that the video playback function with the screen off will disappear on March 7 (the day the regulations come into force).

We regret to inform you that due to regulatory compliance requirements, we have removed the “Play video audio when screen is off” feature from the Video Toolbox feature and the “Turn Off Screen” feature from the Video Toolbox feature. Over-the-air (OTA) updates.

Thus, they lose the historical MIUI functionality that allowed the screen to lock while video was playing and audio to continue playing. This affects all devices with HyperOS, as well as Xiaomi phones with MIUI 12 and above.

There is no need to switch versions to enable restrictions, Trying to revert to a previous version will not help either. It is a regulation that Xiaomi must comply with by law, so all that remains is to say goodbye to a feature that has been with us for years.

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