YouTube Says iOS Picture-in-Picture Coming to All US Users

[X--X]

It works for all user worldwide if you use Youtube in the browser on iOS (instead of the app).

Why use an app for Youtube anyway?

 

[tgwaste]

Why just US?

Does anywhere else matter?

 

[Seanm87]

Does anywhere else matter?

Are you being serious?

 

[tgwaste]

Are you being serious?

Very. Anything outside of America is irrelevant unless they are making something for America.

 

[Seanm87]

Very. Anything outside of America is irrelevant unless they are making something for America.

Wow that’s very arrogant

 

[mikeschr]

OK as long as I can turn it off.

 

[anthorumor]

I have a shortcut that launches YouTube via Safari, then evoke PIP.
If this is starting out in the US, then I'll just stick to my shortcut.

 

[Peepo]

I read this as PiP will be to ALL Premium users everywhere, and that US only for non-Premium users.

 

[matrix07]

Ooohh.. looks like antitrust hearing has scared someone 😀

 

[matrix07]

Finally. It was always stupid of them to have intentionally disabled this feature and then paywalled unlocking it.

Is it stupid though, to lure you to pay for it? On the contrary I think.

 

[Populus]

Why just US?

Not only on the US and not only from YouTube app, it also works in Europe, and from the website (requires desktop view, doesn’t work from the mobile view)

 

[mattkally]

I e-mailed Sami at Macrumors about this yesterday. It works in Poland as well ✌️

 

[PaPer898989]

Just use YTPrivate.com so you don’t have to put up with ads nor any other limitation that youtube has.
it has all of YouTube’s videos without any of the annoyances.

 

[twistedpixel8]

I’m in the U.K. and I have it now

How do you use it?

 

[Luis Pereira]

I'm a premium user in Brazil and had PiP yesterday. Tonight, I don't know why, PiP stoped working.

 

[-BigMac-]

Why the f**k would this be region restricted?

 

[Bawstun]

It’s better in the Brave browser, which also automatically just added an Adblock to YouTube videos. No more waiting to skip ads. And PIP works fine.

 

[PsykX]

How are people here confusing play audio while locked with picture in picture? They’re not the same thing.

I know exactly what PiP is and it is exactly what I meant to talk about.

YouTube is one of the apps, if not the only app, that has the feature implemented, but has to get in your wallet every month to activate that boolean variable.

It's as if I had an OpenStreet Maps app and I charged you a recurring fee to switch to Apple Maps instead, which is also free.

You think it's normal?

 

[Cyroceon]

Did anyone hear anything about a release date for this update?

 

[matrix07]

Why just US?

Guess the anti-trust?

 

[matrix07]

I'm still disappointed major streaming apps like Discovery+ and Paramount+ don't have PIP enabled yet,a basic feature unavailable is terrible.

You'll get Paramount+ PIP if you subscribe to Paramount+ channel on TV app.

 

[DeepIn2U]

This has taken so long I'm slightly angry that they're finally doing it.

I’m angry bout their screwed up UI of a TVOS app lol.
- it doesn’t even refresh content anymore when signed in or not lol. Such a joke.

 

[Muzzakus]

Alleluia, Alleluia, Allllllleluiaaaaa

 

[jterp7]

I still have to use that shortcut for pip to work on iphone in safari

 

[-BigMac-]

Finally. It was always stupid of them to have intentionally disabled this feature and then paywalled unlocking it.

“Paywalled” - i’ve been paying for premium for 2 years.. and at no point did i have access to PiP. iPhone 12 pro max on 14.6