Goodbye to Picture in Picture (PiP) on YouTube on iPhone
When iOS 14 was released, one of the novelties that came to iOS 14 was the inclusion of Picture in Picture (PiP) on iPhones, a feature that was present on iPad since iOS 9 Many versions of iOS later, please it was available on iPhone and we are sure that the first thought of many users was the same: Youtube
And indeed. At the time, despite the fact that it seems that the video platform was reluctant to use this function, rumors began to arrive that it would finally have PiP or Picture in PictureAnd not only that, but we also began to see the first tests with the PiP function
Picture in Picture on YouTube on iPhone will become a Premium subscription feature
In fact, in the different betas of iOS 14 users verified that they could use Picture in Picture in Youtube from Safari, something that makes many users happy. But finally, since Youtube they have eliminated this possibility and you can no longer use this function.
As you can imagine, this function has not disappeared for everyone. And it is that Youtube has decided to incorporate it as a function Premium of the subscription that it offers in a similar way to other services, to give the subscription more value . Same thing with playing in the background.
Picture in Picture on YouTube on iPhone will become a Premium subscription feature
This is probably due to the fact that YouTube knows exactly how many people use their platform in Safari The main use is listening to music and, of course, , they want them to use and subscribe to the subscription service. Something logical, since thanks to Youtube you can access almost all the songs.
We'll see if this functionality is finally added to all versions of the video platform. At the moment, the only solution seems to be to activate the Desktop Version in Safari and, in this way, if we can use Picture in Picture PiPfrom the YouTube website in Safari in the iPhone
