With iOS 14, users can also use the picture-in-picture feature known from the iPad on the iPhone if the respective app supports it. The function can also be used quickly and easily in the browser.
Whether it's a Facetime video call, a live stream on NTV or something similar - under iOS 14, users can watch the video while running another app on their iPhone. However, YouTube does not want to offer the feature for free, which is why it is only planned for premium users. Since picture-in-picture also works via Safari, many iPhone users have switched to YouTube in the browser to use the function. to use. However, Google wanted to prevent this and deactivated support for it on its own website.
Google backs down after allegations
The result: a shitstorm. Now the company seems to have backed down. The accusation that Google was violating Apple's guidelines may have helped. The company apparently reactivated support for picture-in-picture on its own website yesterday evening. This means that users - with or without an account - can watch videos via Safari and activate the PiP feature as they wish. With iOS 14, the native picture-in-picture function was introduced on the iPhone for the first time, but apps must explicitly support this function. Applications that already enable this on the iPad do not need to be subsequently adapted - a good example of this is the news app NTV. (Photo by Denys Prykhodov / Bigstockphoto)
