Black Screen: video screen off

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About this app

Black Screen lets you play videos with screen off. Turn off the screen anytime and save battery. Black Screen can be used to watch music videos, listen to podcasts, record videos, take selfies, etc. with your screen turned off.

This helps to save battery in AMOLED and OLED devices as the screen is completely off when displaying black color.

Use the floating button to quickly turn off the screen and unlock it by tapping on it.

App Feature List:
• Floating button to quickly lock the screen
• Battery saver on AMOLED & OLED screens
• Play videos, listen to podcasts, record videos, play streams with screen off
• Always-on display option
• Customizable
• Pure black option

Warning: This is not a lock-screen app, it is just a black screen overlay on top of the app you are using. This helps in saving battery on AMOLED devices.

Ratings and reviews

Black Screen does exactly as stated: plays other apps in BACKGROUND MODE- and does so reliably. Doesn't crash, impose ads, or steal my valuable time or energy. I'm able to play YouTube with Screen off and the keys don't get inadvertently hit so the videos play as they should without skipping around. I still have to listen to the ads, (or partially...till I skip ad, which requires attentiveness on my part) ---but that's cause I refuse to pay for YouTube. NOT attributed to Black Screen app!

Can listen to YouTube and other content with a black screen. You can set how many taps to activate, and when the screen is lit, there is an unobtrusive pip in the middle of the screen to activate. Adds haven't had sound so far, thank goodness. It only required permission to show on top of apps, which makes sense. Note for developer: Thank you! Don't ever do adds with sound, and don't increase the permissions. It works, don't fix it!

I wish the screen was totally black with no slight glow what so ever, just as if I had pushed the side sleep button. There is a slight glow that one can detect in the dark; but then that might not be technically possible. But if there is a way or mode, that would allow that, even if the device could not be re-awakened using the touch screen, but only be reawakened by side button push; that would be wonderful. When youtube is casting to a TV, the screen can be total off using side button.

What's new

We’re always making changes and improvements to Black Screen. To make sure you don’t miss a thing, just keep your Updates turned on.
In this update:
- Improved performance
- Fixed bugs