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YouTube charges for this “feature”. How will that go over?

dhritzkiv 6y ago
They do? As in, paying will expose a control on their player to enter PiP in supported platforms? Note: other than FF, you can also trigger PiP (edit: on Safari) on a YouTube video by double-right-clicking on the video element OR long pressing on the speaker icon on the tab/address bar.
- recursive 6y ago
  > other than FF, you can also trigger PiP on a YouTube video by double-right-clicking on the video element OR long pressing on the speaker icon on the tab/address bar. Neither of these worked for me. Chrome 83 on Win 10.
  - dhritzkiv 6y ago
    Oops - sorry! I forgot to include the important bit about Safari on macOS. Updated my comment.
- input_sh 6y ago
  YouTube app on Android supported this some time ago. If you were playing a video and then wanted to go to some other app, a small floating window appeared with that video playing. It was then locked away behind YouTube Premium, and now YouTube (non-premium) occasionally bugs you to pay for the premium when you try switching to another app so that you can continue playback.
- chadcmulligan 6y ago
  > YouTube video by double-right-clicking on the video element OR long pressing on the speaker icon on the tab/address bar. I've been using pipifier for this - especially for Netflix, didn't know about this until now - thanks
recursive 6y ago
More info on this? I think that may only be for mobile apps. Does PiP even work on mobile browsers?
- dhritzkiv 6y ago
  PiP currently works in Safari on iPad, and will also work in Safari on iPhone starting with iOS 14. Not sure if it's possible to get a browser-based YouTube video to go PiP on iOS Safari.
- suzakus 6y ago
  PiP works on Firefox (and likely Chrome, haven't tested) for Android. iOS just announced PiP support, but formerly on iPad had PIP. A quick google shows that PiP does work for Safari on iPad.
ourcat 6y ago
First, right-click on a YouTube video. You'll see their custom menu appear first. Now, right click next to their menu (while still somewhere on the video frame.) You should then see the browser contextual menu with 'Picture-in-picture' in the list of options.

They do? As in, paying will expose a control on their player to enter PiP in supported platforms? Note: other than FF, you can also trigger PiP (edit: on Safari) on a YouTube video by double-right-clicking on the video element OR long pressing on the speaker icon on the tab/address bar.

recursive 6y ago
> other than FF, you can also trigger PiP on a YouTube video by double-right-clicking on the video element OR long pressing on the speaker icon on the tab/address bar. Neither of these worked for me. Chrome 83 on Win 10.
- dhritzkiv 6y ago
  Oops - sorry! I forgot to include the important bit about Safari on macOS. Updated my comment.
input_sh 6y ago
YouTube app on Android supported this some time ago. If you were playing a video and then wanted to go to some other app, a small floating window appeared with that video playing. It was then locked away behind YouTube Premium, and now YouTube (non-premium) occasionally bugs you to pay for the premium when you try switching to another app so that you can continue playback.
chadcmulligan 6y ago
> YouTube video by double-right-clicking on the video element OR long pressing on the speaker icon on the tab/address bar. I've been using pipifier for this - especially for Netflix, didn't know about this until now - thanks

recursive 6y ago

More info on this? I think that may only be for mobile apps. Does PiP even work on mobile browsers?

dhritzkiv 6y ago
PiP currently works in Safari on iPad, and will also work in Safari on iPhone starting with iOS 14. Not sure if it's possible to get a browser-based YouTube video to go PiP on iOS Safari.
suzakus 6y ago
PiP works on Firefox (and likely Chrome, haven't tested) for Android. iOS just announced PiP support, but formerly on iPad had PIP. A quick google shows that PiP does work for Safari on iPad.

ourcat 6y ago

First, right-click on a YouTube video. You'll see their custom menu appear first. Now, right click next to their menu (while still somewhere on the video frame.) You should then see the browser contextual menu with 'Picture-in-picture' in the list of options.