YouTube Premium subscribers can now use iOS Picture-in-Picture: Here’s how

Google rolled out picture-in-picture support as an “experimental” feature for premium YouTube subscribers, allowing them to watch the video in a small window when the app is closed.

If you are a premium YouTube subscriber and want to try picture-in-picture, follow these steps:

1. Launch a web browser and sign in to your YouTube account at YouTube.com.
2. Go to www.youtube.com/new.
3. Scroll down to “Picture-in-picture on iOS”.
4. Click on “Try”.

Now when you are in the YouTube app watching a video, return to your home screen by swiping up / tapping the Home button, and the mini picture-in-picture player will appear . Google notes that locking your phone while watching in picture-in-picture mode will pause the video, but you can resume it using the media controls on the lock screen.

In June, Google announced that picture-in-picture support would be rolled out for users of premium and non-paid YouTube apps in the United States, but some people outside of the United States were able to make it work. experimental functionality, so this could be globally available.

However, Google says the feature is only available until October 31. The company doesn’t explain what happens after that, but hopefully that’s when support rolls out for both paid subscribers and non-paid users, as originally promised. . However, it remains to be seen whether it will still be available in the world outside of its “experimental” context.

(via 9to5Google.)