Keep music playing in the background on iPhone

Dusktune has no account and no app to install — background listening works through Safari and the picture-in-picture window. It takes about ten seconds to set up.

The steps

  1. Open dusktune.com in Safari and start a song.
  2. Tap the fullscreen icon in the player, then swipe up from the bottom of the screen.
  3. The video shrinks to a small floating window and the audio keeps playing. You can now use other apps.
  4. If the floating window distracts you, drag it to the edge of the screen to tuck it away — only a small tab stays visible, and the music keeps playing.
  5. Locking the phone works too: the audio continues, and the lock screen shows Previous and Next buttons for the queue.

What stops the music

Tapping the X on the floating window closes it — and the audio stops with it. Tuck it to the edge or lock the phone instead.

Use Safari, not the home-screen app

If you added Dusktune to your home screen, that version cannot play audio in the background on iOS — that is a limitation of the iPhone’s web view, not something Dusktune can work around. For background listening, always open the site in Safari itself.

On Android

Start a song, then press the Home button — the video shrinks to a floating window and keeps playing while you use other apps.

More questions? See the Help page.