Turn on YouTube mini player Android

To use YouTube's PiP mode, go to Settings > Apps > YouTube > Picture-in-Picture, and toggle on "Allow Picture-in-Picture." Next, open your YouTube profile, navigate to Settings > General, and toggle on "Picture-in-Picture." Play a video and exit YouTube to see the floating video window.

With YouTube’s picture-in-picture (PiP) mode, you can have your favorite video playing in a floating window while you use other apps. Here’s how to enable YouTube picture-in-picture mode on your Android phone.

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Requirements for Using YouTube Picture-in-Picture Mode
How to Enable YouTube's Picture-in-Picture Mode on Android
How to Use YouTube Picture-in-Picture

Requirements for Using YouTube Picture-in-Picture Mode

Depending on where you’re located in the world, to use YouTube’s PiP mode, you may need a YouTube Premium subscription:

  • United States: If you’re in the US, you don’t need a YouTube Premium subscription to access picture-in-picture mode. However, other features such as playing music videos in the background do require a subscription.
  • Outside of the United States: If you’re outside of the US, you do need a Premium subscription to watch YouTube videos in picture-in-picture mode.

How to Enable YouTube’s Picture-in-Picture Mode on Android

To turn on PiP mode, you’ll first enable an option for the YouTube app in your Android phone’s settings, then use the app itself to activate the feature.

Note: We’ve performed the following steps on a Samsung Android phone. If you have a different mode, the steps may vary slightly.

Get started by launching your phone’s Settings app. Then, select “Apps.”

Turn on YouTube mini player Android

On the app list, choose “YouTube.”

Turn on YouTube mini player Android

On the YouTube app page, select “Picture-in-Picture.”

Turn on YouTube mini player Android

Turn on the “Allow Picture-in-Picture” option. Then, close Settings.

Turn on YouTube mini player Android

Next, launch the YouTube app on your phone. In the app’s top-right corner, tap your profile icon.

Turn on YouTube mini player Android

Choose Settings > General.

Turn on YouTube mini player Android

Enable the “Picture-in-Picture” option.

Turn on YouTube mini player Android

And that’s it.

How to Use YouTube Picture-in-Picture

To use PiP, play a video and exit the YouTube app. Your video will continue to play in a floating window on your screen.

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YouTube’s floating media player offers a few ways to control your video’s playback. You can pause, close, and maximize your video from within this player.

  • Change Mini-Player’s Position: Drag the mini-player and place it wherever you want on your screen.
  • Pause Video: Tap the video in the mini-player and select the pause button.
  • Play the Next Video: Tap the right-arrow icon to play the next video on the list.
  • Listen to the Audio: To turn off the video and only listen to the audio part of the video, tap the headphone icon.
  • Enlarge Video: Get back to the full YouTube experience by tapping the double arrow icon.
  • Close Video: Stop playing the video and close the mini-player by tapping “X” in the top-right corner.

Turn on YouTube mini player Android

And that’s how you enable and use YouTube’s picture-in-picture mode to multitask on your Android device.

There are 3 age target setting that can be set by YouTube video creators: Category I. Child-specific: For videos specifically aimed to children under 13 years of age. Thus, such videos are not age restricted and mini player is disabled in such videos.

How do I turn Miniplayer back on? 

How do I turn on Miniplayer? 

Launch the Miniplayer

If you’re using the YouTube app, the Miniplayer will automatically pop up at the bottom of the screen if you click the back button, or if you swipe down while watching a video. Note: If the content you’re watching in the app is set as made for kids, the Miniplayer will be paused.

Why is mini player off kids videos?

Turning off all of these features is meant to encourage parents to actively browse and curate programming for their kids.

Why is mini player disabled?

As for the notification bell being turned off, that’s probably to prevent kids from making accounts and trying to avoid COPPA and it’s restrictions as they tend to do that a lot. Same goes for all the other features disabled.

How do I disable YouTube Miniplayer?

Just to clarify – the Miniplayer is a feature so the video continues to play as you navigate around the site. To dismiss it, you’ll have to click on the “x” button or press ESC on your keyboard: yt.be/help/taEn.

Does YouTube have mini player?

To start PiP playback while a video is playing in the YouTube app, tap the Android home button . The video will shrink into a PiP window. The PiP window can be dragged to different parts of the screen, allowing playback to continue on top of other apps. To resume playback in the YouTube app, double-tap the PiP.

What is YouTube mini player?

The Miniplayer allows you to continue watching videos while you browse YouTube. The player supports Playlists, Livestreams, and any other videos.

How do I use PiP without YouTube premium?

What is YouTube PiP mode?

Google introduced a new PIP (Picture-in-Picture) mode with Android 8.0 Oreo that allowed users to play YouTube videos in a small pop-up window when they close the app.

Why is YouTube PiP not working?

Step 1: Launch YouTube and tap the profile picture icon. Step 2: Go to Settings > General. Step 3: Verify that Picture-in-picture is disabled. If it’s disabled, turn it on.

How can I get YouTube Premium without paying?

If you are registering for a free trial via your Android or iOS device, you should:

  1. Open the YouTube app and sign in to the Google Account you want to register with.
  2. Click on your profile picture, then Get YouTube Premium.
  3. Tap Try it free.
  4. Provide your payment method, then follow the prompts to complete the registration.

Is YouTube Premium forever?

As shown in above image just open youtube vanced app Login using your youtube login ID & Password & Now you can enjoy YouTube Premium for free forever.

How do I get YouTube Premium free 2021?

How to get Youtube Premium for free

  1. Get free YouTube Premium with Google One. If your billing address is in the US, you can check out this Google One offer.
  2. Get 3 months free YouTube Premium with BestBuy.
  3. Score 4 months of YouTube Premium with Samsung.
  4. Take advantage of the T-Mobile Offers.

Is YouTube Premium worth getting?

Unless you have lots of interest in YouTube Originals, Premium isn’t worth it. And if you don’t use YouTube’s mobile apps often, you won’t appreciate all the Premium benefits. But if you want to get rid of YouTube ads and would use YouTube Music Premium regularly, then YouTube Premium is a good value.

Who owns YouTube now?

Google

YouTube / Parent organization

Google LLC is an American multinational technology company that focuses on artificial intelligence, search engine, online advertising, cloud computing, computer software, quantum computing, e-commerce, and consumer electronics.

Wikipedia

How much is YouTube Red a month?

$10 per month

What does it cost and how do I get it? YouTube Red is $10 per month and currently only available in the US, Australia, New Zealand, Korea and Mexico. You can sign up for a free one-month trial to try before you buy. Go to YouTube’s Red landing page to sign in with your Google account and sign up.

Which is better YouTube or Spotify?

Verdict. Spotify clearly outshines Youtube Music with a maximum streaming quality of 320kbps. But keep in mind that to a casual listener, there isn’t going to be any noticeable difference between 256kbps and 320kbps in terms of sound quality. Even more so if you’re using mid- to low-tier audio gear.

Who has more songs YouTube or Spotify?

Spotify has over 50 million songs in its catalog. While YouTube Music doesn’t give out a hard number for the songs in its catalog, it doesn’t matter since that would only count the official songs YouTube Music hosts through its deals with record labels. And there is so much more to YouTube Music’s selection than that.

Is YouTube Music cheaper than Spotify?

Value for money. Both YouTube Music and Spotify Premium subscriptions cost the same, including family and student plans. However, if you’re considering signing up for YouTube Premium, it will cost you $12 a month, which is just $2 more than what you’d pay for Spotify Premium or YouTube Music.

How do I get YouTube to play on small screen on phone?

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..
Go to your iOS device settings General. Picture-in-picture..
To turn on, tap Start PiP Automatically..
Go to your YouTube app settings. ... .
To turn on, toggle picture-in-picture to on..

Why is YouTube mini player off?

It is done as a part the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA) and it is one of the few other features that are turned off for videos dedicated to small children such as videos of nursery rhymes and small stories.