To use picture-in-picture (PiP), exit the YouTube app while a video is playing. If you have the PiP setting turned on, the video will shrink into a PiP window.
To use PiP mode, simply exit the YouTube app when a compatible video is playing. You can do this by swiping up from the bottom of the screen to go to the main screen on iOS devices, and by swiping from the bottom/pressing the 'home' button on Android phones.
Enable PiP Mode in Android Settings
Select Apps > App management in Settings. Choose YouTube on the app list. Select Picture-in-picture. Toggle on Picture-in-Picture.
The picture-in-picture feature is present on both Android and iOS, but it's only available to YouTube Premium subscribers. Nevertheless, you can use a few neat little tricks to watch YouTube in PiP mode on any desktop or mobile device.
PIP mode is only for iPhone running with iOS 16/15 and iPad running with iOS 16/15. So, when iOS 16/15 Picture in Picture not working, ensure that your device is up-to-date to the required iOS version. To check and update the software on iDevice, follow the below steps: Open Settings > Go to General > Software Update.
If your iPhone still doesn't enter Picture-in-Picture mode while quitting the Home screen, try bringing up the PiP page manually. While streaming video, switch the app to full-screen mode. Then, tap the tiny PiP icon in the upper-left corner of the screen, if visible. That should force the video into a PiP pane.
Turning picture-in-picture ON
Picture-in-picture is turned on by default for devices running iOS 15.0 and above that have not turned off background play in the YouTube app. Picture-in-picture. To turn on, tap Start PiP Automatically.
Initially limited to only Premium users, YouTube's picture-in-picture (PiP) mode is now rolling out to non-Premium subscribers outside the US. YouTube's PiP mode is currently rolling to non-Premium users in Italy, and is likely to be introduced to other countries gradually.
If YouTube 'Picture-in-Picture' (PiP) is not working for you, make sure the feature is turned on in your device settings and YouTube app (under Profile > Settings > General) and update the app.
Background play only works in the YouTube mobile apps and requires a YouTube Premium membership. Some videos aren't available for background play or to download offline, even if you have a channel membership.
It's the square with a smaller square inside, directly to the right of the gear icon. This opens a smaller version of the video at the bottom-right corner of the YouTube website. It will start playing from the place it left off on its regular page.
YouTube's iPhone app has offered a Picture in Picture feature to YouTube Premium subscribers as an experiment for nearly a year now, but recently the popular video-sharing service confirmed on Twitter that the feature has been removed.