YouTube Offering Picture-in-picture mode on iPhone for all its premium users

YouTube is currently one of the most popular video platforms. From serving as an entertainment medium to providing information and more, the popularity of this app is growing faster than nearly all other video platforms today.

It was recently that YouTube released good news for all its iPhone YouTube premium users. They have launched a testing program called Picture-in-Picture mode which could be a great help and ease of task for many.

It is a mobile feature allowing users to watch YouTube videos on smaller screens while simultaneously browsing other applications and navigating anywhere on the phone. We know that a similar feature already exists in apps like Google Meet and OTT platforms like Prime videos.

What is Picture-Picture Mode on YouTube?

The Picture-in-Picture mode though it was previously only accessible to Android users, now all the iOS users with both iPhone and iPad can have access to this special feature. All you need to have is a YouTube premium subscription, and you can browse through other apps while watching the videos without closing the window.

This very feature is available for YouTube music as well.

One of the prime benefits of this feature is that when you close the YouTube app, the screen window appears in a smaller size which you can easily move to any corner of your screen according to your ease and comfort. It can be resized simply by pinching with your fingers until you get the desired window size, however big or small.

The users can return to their video after browsing apps simply by tapping on the video, which ultimately leads you to YouTube. Being a mobile feature, the video played gets paused when the phone is locked. While at the same time, the audio will be played in the background.

How to get Picture-in-Picture mode?

Though Apple has inbuilt a feature of Picture-in-Picture mode, YouTube has never made this feature available on Apple. As YouTube has launched pip in iOS as an experimental feature, it will be available only periodically. Hence, this very feature has to be activated manually for using it.

Here are the simple steps to be followed for activating Picture-in-Picture mode in iOS phones:

• Make sure you are using the latest software version of iOS/iPadOS.
• Open a window and browse www.youtube.com with your Google account linked to it.
  
• Navigate into www.youtube.com/new
• Go to settings and scroll down to “Picture-in-Picture on iOS” mode.
  
• Click on “try it out”.
  
• Now, open your YouTube app and start watching any video and visit back to your ‘home screen’ simply by pressing the home button or swiping up.
  

You are now all set to watch your YouTube videos along with browsing any other app of your choice.

How to get YouTube premium on iPhone and other benefits of premium users?

YouTube Premium is all about having a membership that offers you various offers on YouTube making your YouTube experience smoother and more comfortable. With premium, you can watch any number of videos without any ad interruption before or during the video. Premium also helps you to download any video of your choice and watch it offline according to your convenience.
It also has the added benefit of access to free subscriptions of YouTube Music Premium and YouTube Kids.

Be discussing the perks of having a YouTube premium for iPhone users. If you are still not a YouTube premium user till now, then here are the simple steps to get access to YouTube premium on your iPhone.

• Sign in with your Google account linked with YouTube.
• Visit youtube.com/premium
• Tap your profile picture
• You will see an option to try for free
• If you are already a member of YouTube music premium then you can simply upgrade your membership option.

Conclusion

During this period of the pandemic, where anything and everything is digital and online, the Picture-in-Picture mode is of great help while using large screens. It can be used for multitasking, especially for taking notes during lectures or meetings.

This trial feature allowing the users to use other apps along with their YouTube videos in a smaller window will be available only until 31 October 2021. It is now launched only as an experimental program in iOS. The future updates or availability of this feature are currently not revealed by YouTube. Though it is a premium feature, we can expect it to be soon available to all iOS users as it is to all Android now!