YouTube tests Picture-In-Picture mode for iOS: Report

YouTube tests Picture-In-Picture mode for iOS: Report

Once the user has the feature enabled, one can start playing a video then closing the app to stay watching it during a smaller window

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Washington: The Apple iPad users have had the Picture-in-Picture feature around iOS 9 which launched in 2015. However,iPhone users have only begun seeing PiP in action since the launch of the iOS 14 betas a couple of months back. And as per a replacement report, YouTube is testing the feature for iOS devices.

According to Mashable, as per a report by 9To5Mac, some Twitter users are now starting to see YouTube rolling out picture-in-picture to some iOS users via the YouTube app.

Some suggest that the feature only works with alittle number of videos. The 9to5Mac report, however, concedes that publication was ready to independently confirm that the feature is being tested with alittle number of iOS users employing the newest version of the YouTube app for iOS.

Once the user has the feature enabled, one can start playing a video then closing the app to stay watching it during a smaller window. With picture-in-picture, the window will float above the iOS home screen and above any app getting used , almost like the way it works on Android devices.

As per Mashable, while YouTube are often installed for free of charge from the App Store, video playback within the background is restricted to YouTube Premium subscribers. The latter is out there in India for INR 129 per month, while a family subscription that permits up to five users costs INR 189 for each month.

Apple recently dropped the iOS 14 public beta 6 because it gets closer to the discharge of the ultimate version of iOS 14. Besides picture-in-picture support, iOS 14 includes Android-style widgets, the App Library, and more.

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