Today, YouTube is still the most used video platform in the world, thanks to its easy accessibility and operation on all platforms, from Android to iOS, through TVs, tablets or web format.
After the presentation of iOS 14, Apple officially introduced its picture-in-picture mode, colloquially known as picture-in-picture (PiP), and which allows us to continue enjoying the video we are watching while we browse our phone or use other apps.
In this area, after years of Android support, YouTube lagged behind, and only some users of YouTube Premium, the company’s data plan, could use this mode. Well, now that has changed and it is now available to everyone.with some nuances.
it happens! ✨ Picture-in-Picture is slowly rolling out for YouTube on iPhone and iPad, and just like on Android, will be available to: Premium subscribers worldwide and non-Premium subscribers in the US (only without music) it’s been a long time 😌 all details ➡️ https://t.co/mNbPWWE21n pic.twitter.com/ZeBY48KOhH
—TeamYouTube (@TeamYouTube) July 11, 2022
It should be noted that this function YouTube already had it some time ago on iOS and iPadOS, but for unknown reasons, they decided to deactivate it.also without any announcement or clarification about it.
And this is what the platform itself has announced, this feature is finally back and there will be no more unexpected changes, although there will be some differences depending on where you live.
If you are a citizen of the United States, this feature will now be completely free and you won’t need YouTube Premium to use it. while for users from the rest of the world it will be mandatory and this is something we don’t understand.
It is hoped that in the future this will also be part of the free plan, in addition to the fact that the functionality of the iOS or iPadOS system is blocked through a subscription payment. this is something that is completely against Apple’s rulesand this may cause YouTube to disappear from the store.
The use of native features, such as window-in-window mode, may or may not be implemented by applications, this is at the discretion of each company. but if you use it it should be completely freeOtherwise, it will be a violation of the rules.
This is why it is expected that in the coming weeks, Google and the YouTube team in particular will expand this feature and stop being exclusive to YouTube Premium globally.
Source: Computer Hoy
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