The picture-in-picture mode on YouTube is now available to more iPhone and iPad users

Google has announced that YouTube's picture-in-picture mode for iOS and iPadOS, which allows you to watch videos in a floating window while using other applications, is now available to more users. The function, according to a community post on Monday, is set to rollout soon for people running iOS 15.

Non-paying YouTube users will be able to access the function regardless of where they reside as long as it's feasible to obtain YouTube Premium, which means anywhere in the world. They'll also be able to view any sort of material using this tool. Only in the United States is picture-in-picture mentioned by YouTube. In the United States, however, Google claims that "everyone using the YouTube app on an iPhone or iPad" will get it, but it'll only be functional for "non-music material." If you're a Android user, you've probably had this function for years.

This may cause some Premium customers to be concerned. For quite a while, I've been able to utilize picture-in-picture mode through a variety of methods, and now this news may seem perplexing. The firm stated in June 2021 that the functionality was making its way to the app for paying consumers and that it intended to provide picture-in-picture to free users as well. By August, it was available as an experimental function that Premium members could enable. Then, in April 2022, YouTube ended the test and made it so users would not be able to sign up for it anymore. At the time, Google stated that it would provide more information on the functionality "very soon."

That is to say that it's been a rocky path getting here (though, again, some of us enabled it last year and have been using it ever since). In its tweets and blog post, YouTube states that it understands that the addition of "is now available" has been a "slow rollout for a highly desired feature." The firm has also given itself some leeway in this stage; its tweet says that the function is "slowing rolling out," while its blog post is more precise, saying it should be accessible "over the next several days."

To find out whether you have access to the function, open the YouTube app, play a video, and then close the app to go to your home screen or another application. If your account has picture-in-picture enabled, the video should appear in a floating window automatically. You can also look for this option by going to Settings > General and looking for an option named "Picture-in-picture."

Source: www.theverge.com