diff --git a/packages/video_player/video_player/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/video_player/video_player/CHANGELOG.md
index 466a0a6f37b..96c323726e3 100644
--- a/packages/video_player/video_player/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/video_player/video_player/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
+## 2.11.0
+
+* Implements background playback functionality using allowBackgroundPlayback option.
+
 ## 2.10.0
 
 * Adds support for platform views as an optional way of displaying a video on Android and iOS.
-* Updates README to indicate that Andoid SDK <21 is no longer supported.
 * Updates minimum supported SDK version to Flutter 3.27/Dart 3.6.
+* Updates README to indicate that Android SDK <21 is no longer supported.
 
 ## 2.9.5
 
diff --git a/packages/video_player/video_player/README.md b/packages/video_player/video_player/README.md
index da86c78668b..2651a4fc115 100644
--- a/packages/video_player/video_player/README.md
+++ b/packages/video_player/video_player/README.md
@@ -22,6 +22,15 @@ in `<project root>/ios/Runner/Info.plist`. See
 [Apple's documentation](https://developer.apple.com/documentation/bundleresources/information_property_list/nsapptransportsecurity)
 to determine the right combination of entries for your use case and supported iOS versions.
 
+If you plan to use background playback, you will also need to add the following permission in your Info.plist file.
+
+```xml
+<key>UIBackgroundModes</key>
+<array>
+  <string>audio</string>
+</array>
+```
+
 ### Android
 
 If you are using network-based videos, ensure that the following permission is present in your
@@ -31,6 +40,12 @@ Android Manifest file, located in `<project root>/android/app/src/main/AndroidMa
 <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
 ```
 
+If you plan to use background playback, you will also need to add the following permission in your Android Manifest file.
+
+```xml
+<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WAKE_LOCK"/>
+```
+
 ### macOS
 
 If you are using network-based videos, you will need to [add the
diff --git a/packages/video_player/video_player/example/pubspec.yaml b/packages/video_player/video_player/example/pubspec.yaml
index d4ed8773a5b..9e930b6103d 100644
--- a/packages/video_player/video_player/example/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/packages/video_player/video_player/example/pubspec.yaml
@@ -35,3 +35,10 @@ flutter:
     - assets/bumble_bee_captions.srt
     - assets/bumble_bee_captions.vtt
     - assets/Audio.mp3
+# FOR TESTING AND INITIAL REVIEW ONLY. DO NOT MERGE.
+# See https://github.com/flutter/flutter/blob/master/docs/ecosystem/contributing/README.md#changing-federated-plugins
+dependency_overrides:
+  video_player_android: {path: ../../../../packages/video_player/video_player_android}
+  video_player_avfoundation: {path: ../../../../packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation}
+  video_player_platform_interface: {path: ../../../../packages/video_player/video_player_platform_interface}
+  video_player_web: {path: ../../../../packages/video_player/video_player_web}
diff --git a/packages/video_player/video_player/lib/video_player.dart b/packages/video_player/video_player/lib/video_player.dart
index 17c5bcb2995..0ff8d13e198 100644
--- a/packages/video_player/video_player/lib/video_player.dart
+++ b/packages/video_player/video_player/lib/video_player.dart
@@ -464,6 +464,11 @@ class VideoPlayerController extends ValueNotifier<VideoPlayerValue> {
           .setMixWithOthers(videoPlayerOptions!.mixWithOthers);
     }
 
+    if (videoPlayerOptions?.allowBackgroundPlayback != null) {
+      await _videoPlayerPlatform.setAllowBackgroundPlayback(
+          videoPlayerOptions!.allowBackgroundPlayback);
+    }
+
     _playerId =
         (await _videoPlayerPlatform.createWithOptions(creationOptions)) ??
             kUninitializedPlayerId;
diff --git a/packages/video_player/video_player/pubspec.yaml b/packages/video_player/video_player/pubspec.yaml
index 7ae423d6bdb..450231b9e48 100644
--- a/packages/video_player/video_player/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/packages/video_player/video_player/pubspec.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ description: Flutter plugin for displaying inline video with other Flutter
   widgets on Android, iOS, macOS and web.
 repository: https://github.com/flutter/packages/tree/main/packages/video_player/video_player
 issue_tracker: https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22p%3A+video_player%22
-version: 2.10.0
+version: 2.11.0
 
 environment:
   sdk: ^3.6.0
@@ -38,3 +38,10 @@ dev_dependencies:
 topics:
   - video
   - video-player
+# FOR TESTING AND INITIAL REVIEW ONLY. DO NOT MERGE.
+# See https://github.com/flutter/flutter/blob/master/docs/ecosystem/contributing/README.md#changing-federated-plugins
+dependency_overrides:
+  video_player_android: {path: ../../../packages/video_player/video_player_android}
+  video_player_avfoundation: {path: ../../../packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation}
+  video_player_platform_interface: {path: ../../../packages/video_player/video_player_platform_interface}
+  video_player_web: {path: ../../../packages/video_player/video_player_web}
diff --git a/packages/video_player/video_player/test/video_player_test.dart b/packages/video_player/video_player/test/video_player_test.dart
index 38acf159dd0..cb1da246906 100644
--- a/packages/video_player/video_player/test/video_player_test.dart
+++ b/packages/video_player/video_player/test/video_player_test.dart
@@ -1519,6 +1519,11 @@ class FakeVideoPlayerPlatform extends VideoPlayerPlatform {
     calls.add('setMixWithOthers');
   }
 
+  @override
+  Future<void> setAllowBackgroundPlayback(bool allowBackgroundPlayback) async {
+    calls.add('setAllowBackgroundPlayback');
+  }
+
   @override
   Widget buildView(int playerId) {
     return Texture(textureId: playerId);
diff --git a/packages/video_player/video_player_android/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/video_player/video_player_android/CHANGELOG.md
index e517227cb8e..1e9a79696bf 100644
--- a/packages/video_player/video_player_android/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/video_player/video_player_android/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## 2.9.0
+
+* Implements background playback functionality using allowBackgroundPlayback option.
+
 ## 2.8.7
 
 * Adds note about known issue regarding platform views to the README.
diff --git a/packages/video_player/video_player_android/android/src/main/java/io/flutter/plugins/videoplayer/Messages.java b/packages/video_player/video_player_android/android/src/main/java/io/flutter/plugins/videoplayer/Messages.java
index 581cb7b80f6..e1082d06501 100644
--- a/packages/video_player/video_player_android/android/src/main/java/io/flutter/plugins/videoplayer/Messages.java
+++ b/packages/video_player/video_player_android/android/src/main/java/io/flutter/plugins/videoplayer/Messages.java
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright 2013 The Flutter Authors. All rights reserved.
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 // found in the LICENSE file.
-// Autogenerated from Pigeon (v22.6.1), do not edit directly.
+// Autogenerated from Pigeon (v22.7.4), do not edit directly.
 // See also: https://pub.dev/packages/pigeon
 
 package io.flutter.plugins.videoplayer;
@@ -397,6 +397,8 @@ public interface AndroidVideoPlayerApi {
 
     void setMixWithOthers(@NonNull Boolean mixWithOthers);
 
+    void setAllowBackgroundPlayback(@NonNull Boolean allowBackgroundPlayback);
+
     /** The codec used by AndroidVideoPlayerApi. */
     static @NonNull MessageCodec<Object> getCodec() {
       return PigeonCodec.INSTANCE;
@@ -693,6 +695,31 @@ static void setUp(
           channel.setMessageHandler(null);
         }
       }
+      {
+        BasicMessageChannel<Object> channel =
+            new BasicMessageChannel<>(
+                binaryMessenger,
+                "dev.flutter.pigeon.video_player_android.AndroidVideoPlayerApi.setAllowBackgroundPlayback"
+                    + messageChannelSuffix,
+                getCodec());
+        if (api != null) {
+          channel.setMessageHandler(
+              (message, reply) -> {
+                ArrayList<Object> wrapped = new ArrayList<>();
+                ArrayList<Object> args = (ArrayList<Object>) message;
+                Boolean allowBackgroundPlaybackArg = (Boolean) args.get(0);
+                try {
+                  api.setAllowBackgroundPlayback(allowBackgroundPlaybackArg);
+                  wrapped.add(0, null);
+                } catch (Throwable exception) {
+                  wrapped = wrapError(exception);
+                }
+                reply.reply(wrapped);
+              });
+        } else {
+          channel.setMessageHandler(null);
+        }
+      }
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/video_player/video_player_android/android/src/main/java/io/flutter/plugins/videoplayer/VideoPlayer.java b/packages/video_player/video_player_android/android/src/main/java/io/flutter/plugins/videoplayer/VideoPlayer.java
index 87ad4cb6273..e62dc90bf78 100644
--- a/packages/video_player/video_player_android/android/src/main/java/io/flutter/plugins/videoplayer/VideoPlayer.java
+++ b/packages/video_player/video_player_android/android/src/main/java/io/flutter/plugins/videoplayer/VideoPlayer.java
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ public VideoPlayer(
     exoPlayer.setMediaItem(mediaItem);
     exoPlayer.prepare();
     exoPlayer.addListener(createExoPlayerEventListener(exoPlayer, surfaceProducer));
-    setAudioAttributes(exoPlayer, options.mixWithOthers);
+    setAudioAttributes(exoPlayer, options.mixWithOthers, options.allowBackgroundPlayback);
   }
 
   @NonNull
@@ -60,7 +60,11 @@ void sendBufferingUpdate() {
     videoPlayerEvents.onBufferingUpdate(exoPlayer.getBufferedPosition());
   }
 
-  private static void setAudioAttributes(ExoPlayer exoPlayer, boolean isMixMode) {
+  private static void setAudioAttributes(
+      ExoPlayer exoPlayer, boolean isMixMode, boolean allowBackgroundPlayback) {
+    if (allowBackgroundPlayback) {
+      exoPlayer.setWakeMode(C.WAKE_MODE_NETWORK);
+    }
     exoPlayer.setAudioAttributes(
         new AudioAttributes.Builder().setContentType(C.AUDIO_CONTENT_TYPE_MOVIE).build(),
         !isMixMode);
diff --git a/packages/video_player/video_player_android/android/src/main/java/io/flutter/plugins/videoplayer/VideoPlayerOptions.java b/packages/video_player/video_player_android/android/src/main/java/io/flutter/plugins/videoplayer/VideoPlayerOptions.java
index 7c8a6aab726..c793b503a85 100644
--- a/packages/video_player/video_player_android/android/src/main/java/io/flutter/plugins/videoplayer/VideoPlayerOptions.java
+++ b/packages/video_player/video_player_android/android/src/main/java/io/flutter/plugins/videoplayer/VideoPlayerOptions.java
@@ -6,4 +6,5 @@
 
 public class VideoPlayerOptions {
   public boolean mixWithOthers;
+  public boolean allowBackgroundPlayback;
 }
diff --git a/packages/video_player/video_player_android/android/src/main/java/io/flutter/plugins/videoplayer/VideoPlayerPlugin.java b/packages/video_player/video_player_android/android/src/main/java/io/flutter/plugins/videoplayer/VideoPlayerPlugin.java
index 3db5fd42a26..200e6f08978 100644
--- a/packages/video_player/video_player_android/android/src/main/java/io/flutter/plugins/videoplayer/VideoPlayerPlugin.java
+++ b/packages/video_player/video_player_android/android/src/main/java/io/flutter/plugins/videoplayer/VideoPlayerPlugin.java
@@ -223,6 +223,11 @@ public void setMixWithOthers(@NonNull Boolean mixWithOthers) {
     options.mixWithOthers = mixWithOthers;
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public void setAllowBackgroundPlayback(@NonNull Boolean allowBackgroundPlayback) {
+    options.allowBackgroundPlayback = allowBackgroundPlayback;
+  }
+
   private interface KeyForAssetFn {
     String get(String asset);
   }
diff --git a/packages/video_player/video_player_android/example/pubspec.yaml b/packages/video_player/video_player_android/example/pubspec.yaml
index 286f6b89e69..fb2e387c7ee 100644
--- a/packages/video_player/video_player_android/example/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/packages/video_player/video_player_android/example/pubspec.yaml
@@ -34,3 +34,7 @@ flutter:
   assets:
     - assets/flutter-mark-square-64.png
     - assets/Butterfly-209.mp4
+# FOR TESTING AND INITIAL REVIEW ONLY. DO NOT MERGE.
+# See https://github.com/flutter/flutter/blob/master/docs/ecosystem/contributing/README.md#changing-federated-plugins
+dependency_overrides:
+  video_player_platform_interface: {path: ../../../../packages/video_player/video_player_platform_interface}
diff --git a/packages/video_player/video_player_android/lib/src/android_video_player.dart b/packages/video_player/video_player_android/lib/src/android_video_player.dart
index bd255f4b0f5..5ab4b786725 100644
--- a/packages/video_player/video_player_android/lib/src/android_video_player.dart
+++ b/packages/video_player/video_player_android/lib/src/android_video_player.dart
@@ -199,6 +199,11 @@ class AndroidVideoPlayer extends VideoPlayerPlatform {
     return _api.setMixWithOthers(mixWithOthers);
   }
 
+  @override
+  Future<void> setAllowBackgroundPlayback(bool allowBackgroundPlayback) {
+    return _api.setAllowBackgroundPlayback(allowBackgroundPlayback);
+  }
+
   EventChannel _eventChannelFor(int playerId) {
     return EventChannel('flutter.io/videoPlayer/videoEvents$playerId');
   }
diff --git a/packages/video_player/video_player_android/lib/src/messages.g.dart b/packages/video_player/video_player_android/lib/src/messages.g.dart
index 253b1c4fb9f..c4e5c9b0a63 100644
--- a/packages/video_player/video_player_android/lib/src/messages.g.dart
+++ b/packages/video_player/video_player_android/lib/src/messages.g.dart
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright 2013 The Flutter Authors. All rights reserved.
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 // found in the LICENSE file.
-// Autogenerated from Pigeon (v22.6.1), do not edit directly.
+// Autogenerated from Pigeon (v22.7.4), do not edit directly.
 // See also: https://pub.dev/packages/pigeon
 // ignore_for_file: public_member_api_docs, non_constant_identifier_names, avoid_as, unused_import, unnecessary_parenthesis, prefer_null_aware_operators, omit_local_variable_types, unused_shown_name, unnecessary_import, no_leading_underscores_for_local_identifiers
 
@@ -429,4 +429,29 @@ class AndroidVideoPlayerApi {
       return;
     }
   }
+
+  Future<void> setAllowBackgroundPlayback(bool allowBackgroundPlayback) async {
+    final String pigeonVar_channelName =
+        'dev.flutter.pigeon.video_player_android.AndroidVideoPlayerApi.setAllowBackgroundPlayback$pigeonVar_messageChannelSuffix';
+    final BasicMessageChannel<Object?> pigeonVar_channel =
+        BasicMessageChannel<Object?>(
+          pigeonVar_channelName,
+          pigeonChannelCodec,
+          binaryMessenger: pigeonVar_binaryMessenger,
+        );
+    final List<Object?>? pigeonVar_replyList =
+        await pigeonVar_channel.send(<Object?>[allowBackgroundPlayback])
+            as List<Object?>?;
+    if (pigeonVar_replyList == null) {
+      throw _createConnectionError(pigeonVar_channelName);
+    } else if (pigeonVar_replyList.length > 1) {
+      throw PlatformException(
+        code: pigeonVar_replyList[0]! as String,
+        message: pigeonVar_replyList[1] as String?,
+        details: pigeonVar_replyList[2],
+      );
+    } else {
+      return;
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/packages/video_player/video_player_android/pigeons/messages.dart b/packages/video_player/video_player_android/pigeons/messages.dart
index 9916e38aaf8..f7624d13dd2 100644
--- a/packages/video_player/video_player_android/pigeons/messages.dart
+++ b/packages/video_player/video_player_android/pigeons/messages.dart
@@ -47,4 +47,5 @@ abstract class AndroidVideoPlayerApi {
   void seekTo(int playerId, int position);
   void pause(int playerId);
   void setMixWithOthers(bool mixWithOthers);
+  void setAllowBackgroundPlayback(bool allowBackgroundPlayback);
 }
diff --git a/packages/video_player/video_player_android/pubspec.yaml b/packages/video_player/video_player_android/pubspec.yaml
index b3c62d6508c..19dcbd28d07 100644
--- a/packages/video_player/video_player_android/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/packages/video_player/video_player_android/pubspec.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name: video_player_android
 description: Android implementation of the video_player plugin.
 repository: https://github.com/flutter/packages/tree/main/packages/video_player/video_player_android
 issue_tracker: https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22p%3A+video_player%22
-version: 2.8.7
+version: 2.9.0
 
 environment:
   sdk: ^3.7.0
@@ -30,3 +30,7 @@ dev_dependencies:
 topics:
   - video
   - video-player
+# FOR TESTING AND INITIAL REVIEW ONLY. DO NOT MERGE.
+# See https://github.com/flutter/flutter/blob/master/docs/ecosystem/contributing/README.md#changing-federated-plugins
+dependency_overrides:
+  video_player_platform_interface: {path: ../../../packages/video_player/video_player_platform_interface}
diff --git a/packages/video_player/video_player_android/test/android_video_player_test.dart b/packages/video_player/video_player_android/test/android_video_player_test.dart
index 7214c4376bc..55d167f64db 100644
--- a/packages/video_player/video_player_android/test/android_video_player_test.dart
+++ b/packages/video_player/video_player_android/test/android_video_player_test.dart
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ class _ApiLogger implements TestHostVideoPlayerApi {
   double? passedVolume;
   double? passedPlaybackSpeed;
   bool? passedMixWithOthers;
+  bool? passedAllowBackgroundPlayback;
 
   @override
   int create(CreateMessage arg) {
@@ -58,6 +59,12 @@ class _ApiLogger implements TestHostVideoPlayerApi {
     passedMixWithOthers = mixWithOthers;
   }
 
+  @override
+  void setAllowBackgroundPlayback(bool allowBackgroundPlayback) {
+    log.add('setAllowBackgroundPlayback');
+    passedAllowBackgroundPlayback = allowBackgroundPlayback;
+  }
+
   @override
   int position(int playerId) {
     log.add('position');
@@ -381,6 +388,16 @@ void main() {
       expect(log.passedMixWithOthers, false);
     });
 
+    test('setAllowBackgroundPlayback', () async {
+      await player.setAllowBackgroundPlayback(true);
+      expect(log.log.last, 'setAllowBackgroundPlayback');
+      expect(log.passedAllowBackgroundPlayback, true);
+
+      await player.setAllowBackgroundPlayback(false);
+      expect(log.log.last, 'setAllowBackgroundPlayback');
+      expect(log.passedAllowBackgroundPlayback, false);
+    });
+
     test('setVolume', () async {
       await player.setVolume(1, 0.7);
       expect(log.log.last, 'setVolume');
diff --git a/packages/video_player/video_player_android/test/test_api.g.dart b/packages/video_player/video_player_android/test/test_api.g.dart
index a7cc6a7d87a..603585cd341 100644
--- a/packages/video_player/video_player_android/test/test_api.g.dart
+++ b/packages/video_player/video_player_android/test/test_api.g.dart
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright 2013 The Flutter Authors. All rights reserved.
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 // found in the LICENSE file.
-// Autogenerated from Pigeon (v22.6.1), do not edit directly.
+// Autogenerated from Pigeon (v22.7.4), do not edit directly.
 // See also: https://pub.dev/packages/pigeon
 // ignore_for_file: public_member_api_docs, non_constant_identifier_names, avoid_as, unused_import, unnecessary_parenthesis, unnecessary_import, no_leading_underscores_for_local_identifiers
 // ignore_for_file: avoid_relative_lib_imports
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ abstract class TestHostVideoPlayerApi {
 
   void setMixWithOthers(bool mixWithOthers);
 
+  void setAllowBackgroundPlayback(bool allowBackgroundPlayback);
+
   static void setUp(
     TestHostVideoPlayerApi? api, {
     BinaryMessenger? binaryMessenger,
@@ -529,5 +531,46 @@ abstract class TestHostVideoPlayerApi {
             });
       }
     }
+    {
+      final BasicMessageChannel<Object?>
+      pigeonVar_channel = BasicMessageChannel<Object?>(
+        'dev.flutter.pigeon.video_player_android.AndroidVideoPlayerApi.setAllowBackgroundPlayback',
+        pigeonChannelCodec,
+        binaryMessenger: binaryMessenger,
+      );
+      if (api == null) {
+        _testBinaryMessengerBinding!.defaultBinaryMessenger
+            .setMockDecodedMessageHandler<Object?>(pigeonVar_channel, null);
+      } else {
+        _testBinaryMessengerBinding!.defaultBinaryMessenger
+            .setMockDecodedMessageHandler<Object?>(pigeonVar_channel, (
+              Object? message,
+            ) async {
+              assert(
+                message != null,
+                'Argument for dev.flutter.pigeon.video_player_android.AndroidVideoPlayerApi.setAllowBackgroundPlayback was null.',
+              );
+              final List<Object?> args = (message as List<Object?>?)!;
+              final bool? arg_allowBackgroundPlayback = (args[0] as bool?);
+              assert(
+                arg_allowBackgroundPlayback != null,
+                'Argument for dev.flutter.pigeon.video_player_android.AndroidVideoPlayerApi.setAllowBackgroundPlayback was null, expected non-null bool.',
+              );
+              try {
+                api.setAllowBackgroundPlayback(arg_allowBackgroundPlayback!);
+                return wrapResponse(empty: true);
+              } on PlatformException catch (e) {
+                return wrapResponse(error: e);
+              } catch (e) {
+                return wrapResponse(
+                  error: PlatformException(
+                    code: 'error',
+                    message: e.toString(),
+                  ),
+                );
+              }
+            });
+      }
+    }
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/CHANGELOG.md
index 3deff466e60..fb74418c21f 100644
--- a/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ## NEXT
 
 * Updates minimum supported SDK version to Flutter 3.27/Dart 3.6.
+* Implements background playback functionality using allowBackgroundPlayback option.
 
 ## 2.7.1
 
diff --git a/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/darwin/video_player_avfoundation/Sources/video_player_avfoundation/include/video_player_avfoundation/messages.g.h b/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/darwin/video_player_avfoundation/Sources/video_player_avfoundation/include/video_player_avfoundation/messages.g.h
index 6a115c6b9ac..6d4658b59b1 100644
--- a/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/darwin/video_player_avfoundation/Sources/video_player_avfoundation/include/video_player_avfoundation/messages.g.h
+++ b/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/darwin/video_player_avfoundation/Sources/video_player_avfoundation/include/video_player_avfoundation/messages.g.h
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright 2013 The Flutter Authors. All rights reserved.
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 // found in the LICENSE file.
-// Autogenerated from Pigeon (v22.6.1), do not edit directly.
+// Autogenerated from Pigeon (v22.7.4), do not edit directly.
 // See also: https://pub.dev/packages/pigeon
 
 #import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
diff --git a/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/darwin/video_player_avfoundation/Sources/video_player_avfoundation/messages.g.m b/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/darwin/video_player_avfoundation/Sources/video_player_avfoundation/messages.g.m
index 83c41211f74..ade3a2cf858 100644
--- a/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/darwin/video_player_avfoundation/Sources/video_player_avfoundation/messages.g.m
+++ b/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/darwin/video_player_avfoundation/Sources/video_player_avfoundation/messages.g.m
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright 2013 The Flutter Authors. All rights reserved.
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 // found in the LICENSE file.
-// Autogenerated from Pigeon (v22.6.1), do not edit directly.
+// Autogenerated from Pigeon (v22.7.4), do not edit directly.
 // See also: https://pub.dev/packages/pigeon
 
 #import "./include/video_player_avfoundation/messages.g.h"
diff --git a/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/example/pubspec.yaml b/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/example/pubspec.yaml
index 7514e578bb3..0ad1c137635 100644
--- a/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/example/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/example/pubspec.yaml
@@ -31,3 +31,7 @@ flutter:
   assets:
     - assets/flutter-mark-square-64.png
     - assets/Butterfly-209.mp4
+# FOR TESTING AND INITIAL REVIEW ONLY. DO NOT MERGE.
+# See https://github.com/flutter/flutter/blob/master/docs/ecosystem/contributing/README.md#changing-federated-plugins
+dependency_overrides:
+  video_player_platform_interface: {path: ../../../../packages/video_player/video_player_platform_interface}
diff --git a/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/lib/src/avfoundation_video_player.dart b/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/lib/src/avfoundation_video_player.dart
index ec790187abf..793eca51a78 100644
--- a/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/lib/src/avfoundation_video_player.dart
+++ b/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/lib/src/avfoundation_video_player.dart
@@ -179,6 +179,9 @@ class AVFoundationVideoPlayer extends VideoPlayerPlatform {
     return _api.setMixWithOthers(mixWithOthers);
   }
 
+  @override
+  Future<void> setAllowBackgroundPlayback(bool allowBackgroundPlayback) async {}
+
   @override
   Widget buildView(int playerId) {
     return buildViewWithOptions(
diff --git a/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/lib/src/messages.g.dart b/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/lib/src/messages.g.dart
index c1d16ecce5e..dc16a2872de 100644
--- a/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/lib/src/messages.g.dart
+++ b/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/lib/src/messages.g.dart
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright 2013 The Flutter Authors. All rights reserved.
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 // found in the LICENSE file.
-// Autogenerated from Pigeon (v22.6.1), do not edit directly.
+// Autogenerated from Pigeon (v22.7.4), do not edit directly.
 // See also: https://pub.dev/packages/pigeon
 // ignore_for_file: public_member_api_docs, non_constant_identifier_names, avoid_as, unused_import, unnecessary_parenthesis, prefer_null_aware_operators, omit_local_variable_types, unused_shown_name, unnecessary_import, no_leading_underscores_for_local_identifiers
 
diff --git a/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/pubspec.yaml b/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/pubspec.yaml
index 7972cd03c1d..56919d9cf03 100644
--- a/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/pubspec.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name: video_player_avfoundation
 description: iOS and macOS implementation of the video_player plugin.
 repository: https://github.com/flutter/packages/tree/main/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation
 issue_tracker: https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22p%3A+video_player%22
-version: 2.7.1
+version: 2.8.0
 
 environment:
   sdk: ^3.6.0
@@ -34,3 +34,7 @@ dev_dependencies:
 topics:
   - video
   - video-player
+# FOR TESTING AND INITIAL REVIEW ONLY. DO NOT MERGE.
+# See https://github.com/flutter/flutter/blob/master/docs/ecosystem/contributing/README.md#changing-federated-plugins
+dependency_overrides:
+  video_player_platform_interface: {path: ../../../packages/video_player/video_player_platform_interface}
diff --git a/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/test/test_api.g.dart b/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/test/test_api.g.dart
index 38ed42f1f9e..ee56bbbdf82 100644
--- a/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/test/test_api.g.dart
+++ b/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/test/test_api.g.dart
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright 2013 The Flutter Authors. All rights reserved.
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 // found in the LICENSE file.
-// Autogenerated from Pigeon (v22.6.1), do not edit directly.
+// Autogenerated from Pigeon (v22.7.4), do not edit directly.
 // See also: https://pub.dev/packages/pigeon
 // ignore_for_file: public_member_api_docs, non_constant_identifier_names, avoid_as, unused_import, unnecessary_parenthesis, unnecessary_import, no_leading_underscores_for_local_identifiers
 // ignore_for_file: avoid_relative_lib_imports
diff --git a/packages/video_player/video_player_platform_interface/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/video_player/video_player_platform_interface/CHANGELOG.md
index 5a0779f6abc..e15a7d9c925 100644
--- a/packages/video_player/video_player_platform_interface/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/video_player/video_player_platform_interface/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ## NEXT
 
 * Updates minimum supported SDK version to Flutter 3.27/Dart 3.6.
+* Implements background playback functionality using allowBackgroundPlayback option.
 
 ## 6.3.0
 
diff --git a/packages/video_player/video_player_platform_interface/lib/video_player_platform_interface.dart b/packages/video_player/video_player_platform_interface/lib/video_player_platform_interface.dart
index 13c9cf55aa7..2e676b3bc9c 100644
--- a/packages/video_player/video_player_platform_interface/lib/video_player_platform_interface.dart
+++ b/packages/video_player/video_player_platform_interface/lib/video_player_platform_interface.dart
@@ -117,6 +117,12 @@ abstract class VideoPlayerPlatform extends PlatformInterface {
     throw UnimplementedError('setMixWithOthers() has not been implemented.');
   }
 
+  /// Sets the audio mode to allow background playback.
+  Future<void> setAllowBackgroundPlayback(bool allowBackgroundPlayback) {
+    throw UnimplementedError(
+        'setAllowBackgroundPlayback() has not been implemented.');
+  }
+
   /// Sets additional options on web.
   Future<void> setWebOptions(int playerId, VideoPlayerWebOptions options) {
     throw UnimplementedError('setWebOptions() has not been implemented.');
diff --git a/packages/video_player/video_player_platform_interface/pubspec.yaml b/packages/video_player/video_player_platform_interface/pubspec.yaml
index c02f16ff593..b3ae08338ba 100644
--- a/packages/video_player/video_player_platform_interface/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/packages/video_player/video_player_platform_interface/pubspec.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ repository: https://github.com/flutter/packages/tree/main/packages/video_player/
 issue_tracker: https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22p%3A+video_player%22
 # NOTE: We strongly prefer non-breaking changes, even at the expense of a
 # less-clean API. See https://flutter.dev/go/platform-interface-breaking-changes
-version: 6.3.0
+version: 6.4.0
 
 environment:
   sdk: ^3.6.0
diff --git a/packages/video_player/video_player_web/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/video_player/video_player_web/CHANGELOG.md
index c606548987d..60ae4b92a46 100644
--- a/packages/video_player/video_player_web/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/video_player/video_player_web/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ## NEXT
 
 * Updates minimum supported SDK version to Flutter 3.27/Dart 3.6.
+* Implements background playback functionality using allowBackgroundPlayback option.
 
 ## 2.3.5
 
diff --git a/packages/video_player/video_player_web/example/pubspec.yaml b/packages/video_player/video_player_web/example/pubspec.yaml
index 553a22c8ecb..5905be6066a 100644
--- a/packages/video_player/video_player_web/example/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/packages/video_player/video_player_web/example/pubspec.yaml
@@ -18,3 +18,7 @@ dev_dependencies:
     sdk: flutter
   integration_test:
     sdk: flutter
+# FOR TESTING AND INITIAL REVIEW ONLY. DO NOT MERGE.
+# See https://github.com/flutter/flutter/blob/master/docs/ecosystem/contributing/README.md#changing-federated-plugins
+dependency_overrides:
+  video_player_platform_interface: {path: ../../../../packages/video_player/video_player_platform_interface}
diff --git a/packages/video_player/video_player_web/lib/video_player_web.dart b/packages/video_player/video_player_web/lib/video_player_web.dart
index d65eabacfcc..c84d21c6fc9 100644
--- a/packages/video_player/video_player_web/lib/video_player_web.dart
+++ b/packages/video_player/video_player_web/lib/video_player_web.dart
@@ -163,4 +163,9 @@ class VideoPlayerPlugin extends VideoPlayerPlatform {
   /// Sets the audio mode to mix with other sources (ignored).
   @override
   Future<void> setMixWithOthers(bool mixWithOthers) => Future<void>.value();
+
+  /// Sets the audio mode to allow background playback (ignored).
+  @override
+  Future<void> setAllowBackgroundPlayback(bool allowBackgroundPlayback) =>
+      Future<void>.value();
 }
diff --git a/packages/video_player/video_player_web/pubspec.yaml b/packages/video_player/video_player_web/pubspec.yaml
index ba5b965efe8..917033f6b2d 100644
--- a/packages/video_player/video_player_web/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/packages/video_player/video_player_web/pubspec.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name: video_player_web
 description: Web platform implementation of video_player.
 repository: https://github.com/flutter/packages/tree/main/packages/video_player/video_player_web
 issue_tracker: https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22p%3A+video_player%22
-version: 2.3.5
+version: 2.4.0
 
 environment:
   sdk: ^3.6.0
@@ -31,3 +31,7 @@ dev_dependencies:
 topics:
   - video
   - video-player
+# FOR TESTING AND INITIAL REVIEW ONLY. DO NOT MERGE.
+# See https://github.com/flutter/flutter/blob/master/docs/ecosystem/contributing/README.md#changing-federated-plugins
+dependency_overrides:
+  video_player_platform_interface: {path: ../../../packages/video_player/video_player_platform_interface}