One of the best paid features of YouTube is now free for Android Oreo phones

Okay, maybe that's not the better functionality. Maybe you'd rather have something else.

But I think it's very interesting that, from today, I can continue to watch a YouTube video in the corner of my screen while doing other things on my phone. I click play on a video, press the Home button, and continue to watch while surfing and surfing.

That's because YouTube just made its free picture-in-picture mode in the US for any smartphone running Android Oreo – instead of requiring you to pay $ 12 a month for a subscription YouTube Premium (formerly YouTube Red).

YouTube retains many other features behind the firewall, including an ad-free YouTube browsing experience, offline playback, premium videos and music selections, and the ability to listen to music with the # Screen off.

Speaking of which, the music is also the exception to the new picture in the rule of the picture – if you try to play a video clip and press the home button, it will just disappear now.