A few months ago YouTube allowed its Premium subscribers to access the function picture in picture (PiP) on iOS and iPadOS. Remember that this function allowed you to play videos in floating mode while other actions are being carried out within the operating system. However, ordinary users were still unable to access this feature. A few hours ago, YouTube announced the official launch of playback in picture-in-picture (PiP) mode. In the next few hours, the function will be received among all users in the United States and it is possible that an early expansion to Europe will be considered.
So you can play a YouTube video in PiP mode on iOS and iPadOS
YouTube has been reluctant to launch Floating Playback (PiP) mode on iOS and iPadOS. However, after many months behind finally the feature is now available in the app for all users. Good: from the company it has been clarified that at the moment the function is available in America. The expansion to Europe does not yet have a release date but users are invited to send feedback to encourage expansion of the feature.
iPhone & iPad users 🔊
We're happy to share that picture-in-picture is now rolling out to your iOS 15+ devices. Simply select a video to watch and swipe ⬆️ from the bottom of the screen to return to the device's homepage. The video can scale down and move across your screen.
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For activate playback in PiP mode you just have to swipe up from the bottom bar to go to the home page of iOS and iPadOS. At that time, the video will be reduced in size and placed at the bottom of the screen. We can move its layout and its size on the screen and to access the app again we can click on the video or on the app icon as if it were opening it.
