“Background playback” is behind the premium paywall; NOBODY gets YouTube PIP support on iOS; such a shame.
I repeat, even if you pay for premium you simply can’t do PIP using the official app. You can however use a browser and use PIP that way I think (there used to be some weird workaround but I’m not sure if it still exists).
Edit: I was (happily) wrong!
I see now, they added it halfway though 2022 and I needed to go into settings and explicitly enable it. I’m a happy camper now! Thanks for the correction
Assuming it works the same way as on android you just start playing a video then switch out of the YouTube app without stopping playback. In fact I just read the Google help page “Using picture-in-picture on your mobile device” and it says exactly that for any mobile device and only goes into iPhone Vs android specific details when it comes to ensuring you’ve not turned off any default on settings that are required for it to work.
Not on googles phones, pixels have a single good feature, call screening, if that wasn’t so necessary for my mental health these days i’d go back to samsung in a heartbeat.
You can still play youtube through a browser like firefox and get working pip without paying for premium but if you want to use the official app its locked behind a paywall.
“Background playback” is behind the premium paywall; NOBODY gets YouTube PIP support on iOS; such a shame.
I repeat, even if you pay for premium you simply can’t do PIP using the official app. You can however use a browser and use PIP that way I think (there used to be some weird workaround but I’m not sure if it still exists).
Edit: I was (happily) wrong! I see now, they added it halfway though 2022 and I needed to go into settings and explicitly enable it. I’m a happy camper now! Thanks for the correction
Premium absolutely does give you PIP on iOS. I took this screenshot just now 😊
Fascinating… because I’ve been trying to get this to work for like years… literal years. I’m very happy to be wrong about this.
HOW THE FUCK DO YOU DO THAT?
Assuming it works the same way as on android you just start playing a video then switch out of the YouTube app without stopping playback. In fact I just read the Google help page “Using picture-in-picture on your mobile device” and it says exactly that for any mobile device and only goes into iPhone Vs android specific details when it comes to ensuring you’ve not turned off any default on settings that are required for it to work.
I see now, they added it halfway though 2022 and I needed to go into settings and explicitly enable it. I’m a happy camper now!
Thank you for the correction.
Anyone else realize he uses the music from Dustforce? It’s very nostalgic because I played it a lot in college.
I don’t have premium and I get PiP on everything but music.
Even then, sometimes live shows will work or lesser known musicians.
You don’t even get PiP on Android without premium.
There’s a Firefox addon and 50 different apps doing that.
Thought people were talking about the native app not watching via the browser.
But, yes, Firefox Mobile Android master race. Can confirm it’s so superior!
I still find the Firefox performance on Android to be a bit lackluster. Still use it for ideological reasons. They are making strides though.
Yes you do. S20 Ultra, No Premium, I can PiP.
Not on googles phones, pixels have a single good feature, call screening, if that wasn’t so necessary for my mental health these days i’d go back to samsung in a heartbeat.
You can still play youtube through a browser like firefox and get working pip without paying for premium but if you want to use the official app its locked behind a paywall.
Pixels also have the live captioning built into its sound ecosystem. Not sure if it got translated to other brand images though.