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Delorean2006

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So I just updated to the latest version of the YouTube app and finally Picture in Picture in enabled! About time!
 
Me neither.. are you using Youtube app or opening videos from safari browser and viewing youtube videos ?
 
Background play always worked if you have YouTube Premium. PiP however never worked with the app. We have to do it via the browser. Didn’t notice any change on my side.
 
go into the settings and you will see the option for it. you need to have automatically switch to pip on…on the device. I have the option on both my iPad Pro and 12pm. Here’s a screenshot from my iPad.
 

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Delorean2006 said:
go into the settings and you will see the option for it. you need to have automatically switch to pip on…on the device. I have the option on both my iPad Pro and 12pm. Here’s a screenshot from my iPad.
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Whoops
Don’t see the same on my iPhone 12 PM.😞
 
Delorean2006 said:
go into the settings and you will see the option for it. you need to have automatically switch to pip on…on the device. I have the option on both my iPad Pro and 12pm. Here’s a screenshot from my iPad.
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I don’t have that on my phone. Are you on YouTube premium?
 
Delorean2006 said:
go into the settings and you will see the option for it. you need to have automatically switch to pip on…on the device. I have the option on both my iPad Pro and 12pm. Here’s a screenshot from my iPad.
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If it’s not free I don’t want it 🤔😂 is it free or YouTube premium?
 
It has to be YouTube premium not seeing it on mine either, got my hopes up there for a sec 😂
 
BrightCanon said:
I have YouTube premium and I’m not seeing the option in my settings.
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Same.. I don’t see that option.

Delorean2006 said:
go into the settings and you will see the option for it. you need to have automatically switch to pip on…on the device. I have the option on both my iPad Pro and 12pm. Here’s a screenshot from my iPad.
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Could you let us know.. What version are you on?
 
I have Premium and I’m on the latest version. I don’t have the PIP. It seems Google is doing some A/B testing (=the feature is not enabled for all users).
 
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Seems like OP is the only one so far.
Double-check next time before opening a new thread. Tech blogs would have mentioned it, too.
 
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Rashy said:
Seems like OP is the only one so far.
Double-check next time before opening a new thread. Tech blogs would have mentioned it, too.
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I did double check on my devices, I never check “blogs” because they’ll wait a couple days to report anything, just like when Instagram rolled out dark mode, I have it on my iPad, iPhone and my wife’s iPhone. Maybe I’m just a lucky one who has it. I have YouTube premium but never signed up for any beta program or anything. The app though is not great with this version, freezes and crashes a lot though.
 
Delorean2006 said:
Maybe I’m just a lucky one who has it. I have YouTube premium but never signed up for any beta program or anything. The app though is not great with this version, freezes and crashes a lot though.
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Yeah, Youtube probably sent the feature to a select few…. For testing purposes. I can still access PiP through some Shortcut… but I prefer it to be implemented into YT. However, I’m glad they are working on it.. for Premium users.

StumpyBloke said:
What do you mean by this comment?
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They probably just disappointed that the feature isn’t supported on their device.
 
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