{"id":637224,"date":"2026-04-29T22:15:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T22:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/637224\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T22:15:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T22:15:10","slug":"youtube-rolling-out-free-picture-in-picture-pip-globally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/637224\/","title":{"rendered":"YouTube rolling out free picture-in-picture (PiP) globally"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t<img width=\"1600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/YouTube-Picture-in-picture-on-Pixel-9a.jpg\" class=\"skip-lazy wp-post-image\" alt=\"\"  decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>After offering in the US, YouTube is <a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/youtube\/thread\/425771437?hl=en\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">making<\/a> picture-in-picture (PiP) mode free for all users around the world.<\/p>\n<p>Free, non-YouTube Premium subscribers around the world will be able to use Picture-in-Picture for \u201clongform, non-music content\u201d on the Android and iOS apps.<\/p>\n<p>To activate PiP, start a video and then exit the YouTube app to continue using your phone while it keeps playing. You\u2019ll see a small player window that you can resize and move around. Tap for play\/pause controls and to return to the full app.<\/p>\n<p>There are no changes for paying customers today:<\/p>\n<p>\tAdvertisement &#8211; scroll for more content<\/p>\n<p>Premium Lite Members: You will continue to be able to use PiP for longform, non-music content on Android and iOS.<\/p>\n<p>Premium Members: Premium members will continue to enjoy PiP for both music (exclusive to Premium only) and non-music content, creating a fully uninterrupted experience.<\/p>\n<p>Free picture-in-picture is rolling out now and will be available to \u201call users globally in the coming months.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>More on YouTube:<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/9to5google.com\" aria-label=\"Add 9to5Google as a preferred source on Google\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-source-badge-dark\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1777325120_432_google-preferred-source-badge-dark.png\" alt=\"Add 9to5Google as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-source-badge-light\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/google-preferred-source-badge-light.png\" alt=\"Add 9to5Google as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"disclaimer-affiliate\">FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links. <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/about\/#affiliate\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">More.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After offering in the US, YouTube is making picture-in-picture (PiP) mode free for all users around the world.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":637225,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[49,48,61],"class_list":["post-637224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/637224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=637224"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/637224\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/637225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=637224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=637224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=637224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}