YouTube working on giving iPhone users a welcome new feature

Date:
Mon, 11 Apr 2022 15:17:00 +0000

Description:
YouTube confirms that it hopes to bring picture-in-picture support to its iOS app soon.

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YouTube has confirmed to TechRadar that it hopes to make picture-in-picture (PiP) support available on iOS for Premium and non-premium members "soon."

An earlier report and version of this story said YouTube would bring it to
iOS devices in a matter of days. However, Google told us that that quote was pulled from an earlier, and since-deleted tweet from the official YouTube Twitter account, and was only referring to the PiP rollout for iOS users on YouTube TV.

The PiP feature, which allows users to minimize (and therefore continue watching) YouTube videos in the corner of their screen while using other
apps, is still part of a timed trial with YouTube Premium subscribers.
Totally messed up our reply here (just way too excited about PiP rolling out on @YouTubeTV!!). Deleted the tweet to avoid any further confusion & followed up to clarify - sorry about that! https://t.co/Y7dNjj3HFp April 11, 2022 See more

In a statement given to TechRadar, a YouTube representative explained, "We make features such as PiP temporarily available on youtube.com/new for
Premium users to try out. Through this, our teams are able to gather user feedback and refine the experience before a wider rollout in the coming months. When PiP rolls out in the U.S. on iOS devices, it will be available
to both Premium and non-Premium users."

The company added that those users who opted into the current PiP trail will have access to the feature until they opt into another experiment .

The YouTube PiP feature is already available on Android devices running Android 8 and beyond. What it might be like

Although we dont know the exact date that PiP support is rolling out to the YouTube app on iOS, a handful of Premium subscribers have shared the steps required to enable it .

To activate PiP support on your YouTube app if you've opted for the trial youll need to tap the user icon in the top right corner of the screen, then navigate to Settings. Once there, tap the General tab, then toggle picture-in-picture mode on.

PiP support on the YouTube app behaves as it does with FaceTime for iOS
users. Simply swipe up to the home screen while watching a video to minimize the window, at which point youll be able to move and resize the mini-player
to your liking.

Incidentally, the feature has been native to iPhone and iPad devices for some time YouTube has simply been slow off the blocks when it comes to enabling PiP in its own app. PiP was only rolled out to YouTube TV videos last week, for instance.

Correction: April 11, 2022

An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated that the YouTube iOS
App PiP feature would be "coming in a matter of days." That information was based on unintentionally misleading tweet from YouTube. We have updated this post to reflect what we now know about timing. Are you a podcast creator? YouTube has big plans for you



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