YouTube brings picture-in-picture mode to everyone on mobile, and you don’t have to pay for it
YouTube is finally bringing picture-in-picture mode to all mobile users worldwide — no Premium subscription required, just a updated app and a screen that's yours to multitask on.
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Well, it took long enough — but YouTube is finally doing something really nice for its free users. Picture-in-picture mode, the feature that lets you shrink a video into a floating mini-player while you go about your phone life, is rolling out globally to all users over the coming months — no subscription or premium paywall is required. Just you, your video, and the freedom to check your messages without the whole thing grinding to a halt. For anyone outside the US who has spent years watching Premium subscribers float their videos around like smug little royals, this one’s for you. The rollout covers longform, non-music content on both Android and iOS — and honestly, that caveat about music being Premium-only is fair enough. YouTube Music needs something to justify its existence.
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