YouTube Picture in Picture (Beta)

YouTube Picture in Picture is a support application on Google Chrome browser that allows users to manipulate and view YouTube easily by displaying a pop-up window (or a player) on the web.

Multitasking application interface YouTube Picture in Picture

Watching YouTube videos on another tabbed platform allows users to do other things while watching their favorite shows on YouTube. This is called the Picture in Picture feature that is available for YouTube on phones, but it does not support the web version. But you can completely rely on the applications of 3rd parties to equip this feature for YouTube your web version.

Together with Sideplayer, YouTube Picture in Picture is an application that brings this simple and useful feature. However, the way these 2 applications work is a bit different. While with Sideplayer, the app displays a Play in Sideplayer button in the YouTube player and the user clicks this button to activate the feature, with YouTube Picture in Picture, you just need to choose to add the application to the browser without Any other action is needed.

Open the normal YouTube video

After adding YouTube Picture in Picture in the browser, the application also appears an icon in the address bar, but in the immersive form because you actually do not need to use this icon. Go to YouTube and turn on any video, the video will play normally. But when you type in the search box and press Enter , along with the search results displayed, the currently playing video will shrink and appear in the right corner of the browser.

Simple operations with the application's small player

When hovering over this window, users can perform a number of actions such as stopping the play, adjusting the volume, returning to the YouTube video playing page, zooming in or off. Compared to Sideplayer, perhaps YouTube Picture in Picture is not as powerful as this player is only displayed when the operation is still in the YouTube environment. You can view history, search for channels or videos, watch live video, etc., but if you open a new tab and visit another website, the video will not show anymore. Also, you cannot resize the player or move it to another location.

Users can perform other operations in the YouTube environment

Anyway, YouTube Picture in Picture is still in Beta stage, so if there are any errors or unoptimized features, maybe users have to accept and wait for future updates or upgrades. At the moment, Sideplayer is probably the more reassuring option.

Key features of the YouTube Picture in Picture application

• Watch YouTube videos while performing tasks such as searching, watching a list of new videos .
• YouTube videos display in small form to the right of the browser.
• Some operations can be performed with small players.
• Only works in YouTube environment.

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