
The doze mode also doesn’t explain why audio gets choppy sometimes instead of stopping completely. However, Android’s doze mode doesn’t usually kick in at least until a few minutes have passed. Now, the most obvious suspect behind such a case would be an overly aggressive doze system that kills the media app as soon as the device sleeps. Moreover, the issue seems to plague all modes of playback which includes headphones, speaker or through some Bluetooth device.

Oddly enough, proper playback gets restored almost immediately after an unlock though. In this bug, the Pixel’s audio playback either gets really choppy after a screen lock, or stops altogether within a few seconds.
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Such complaints seem to have emerged only after the Android 11 update, as there were virtually no reports of the issue prior to this, on Android 10. Last time I changed a battery setting which helped I can lock the phone and it will continue for about 4 seconds until it goes dark. The last 2 times there have been Android updates for my Pixel 3A you made it so youtube music stops when the screen sleeps. But we also have reports from affected Google Pixel 3/XL and 4a users.


Moreover, the reports have dominantly originated from the Google Pixel 3a series. The problem is not just limited to a particular app, as users have faced it on YouTube Music, Spotify, several Podcast apps, and the like. Several Google Pixel users are facing media playback issues after the device’s screen locks. Original story (published on November 18, 2020) follows: New updates are being added at the bottom of this story…
