Alan, an ardent smartphone enthusiast and a veteran writer at PhoneArena since 2009, has witnessed and chronicled the transformative years of mobile technology. Owning iconic phones from the original iPhone to the iPhone 15 Pro Max, he has seen smartphones evolve into a global phenomenon.
Android users in the U.S. can open a YouTube video, leave the app, and the video goes into picture-in-picture mode where the user can move the small box containing the video around the screen. In other markets, a user would have to be asubscriber or not, you cannot minimize a video in the YouTube app and be able to watch it in PiP mode. Instead, minimizing a video by pressing the small down arrow in the upper left corner while in portrait will create the minibar on the bottom of the screen.
Red box shows you the minibar that is being replaced with PiP videos with the latest YouTube for Android update. | Image credit-PhoneArena In the U.S., Google is currently running a server-side upgrade rolling out now to some users with version 19.29.37 of the YouTube for Android app. Even if you are running this build on YouTube, you still have to hope that you are one of the lucky ones receiving the update. That's because it isn't isn't clear whether we should expect all Android users to get this update for the Android YouTube app or if this is a typical Google A/B test.
"We're currently testing an update that lets viewers move and resize the miniplayer while watching a video. This is available to a small group of users across mobile, tablet and web at this time."-Googlebeta 4 installed, is running version 19.29.37 of the YouTube app, I am still getting the minibar when I minimize a video on YouTube. Once you get the update, minimizing a YouTube video while on the YouTube app will put that video into PiP mode instead of creating a minibar.
Beyond smartphones, Alan has covered the emergence of tablets, smartwatches, and smart speakers.A discussion is a place, where people can voice their opinion, no matter if it is positive, neutral or negative. However, when posting, one must stay true to the topic, and not just share some random thoughts, which are not directly related to the matter.Multiple accounts - one person can have only one accountModeration is done by humans.
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