YouTube began formally rolling out Image-in-Image to the iOS app final June and it’s been a really gradual course of. Premium subscribers got a workaround, however YouTube’s PiP take a look at for iPhone and iPad has now ended.
The “Image-in-Image on iOS” experiment (from August) has disappeared from youtube.com/new after hitting its early April finish date. Google notified individuals with a “The function you’re attempting has been turned off” banner on the desktop web site and cellular apps.
That stated, the YouTube PiP nonetheless works for iPhone and iPad customers that beforehand had the take a look at enabled. It didn’t disappear on one iPad we actively use PiP on, whereas putting in the YouTube app on a brand new iPhone and signing right into a Premium account enabled it.
Premium customers, nonetheless, that by no means tried the experiment do not need PiP as we speak. YouTube has but to extensively roll out the potential 10 months later.
A full launch is hopefully coming quickly as YouTube TV has simply extensively rolled out PiP for its iOS app. It was introduced on the finish of March and is absolutely accessible as of this week. It’s arguably rather more wanted for the premium cord-cutting product.
Image-in-Image is a perk (i.e. background play) for paying YouTube Premium customers around the globe. Within the US, PiP shall be made accessible totally free, ad-supported customers. Music content material is excluded as a possible upsell to YouTube’s devoted streaming service.
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