This isn’t a new issue. It’s been ongoing for the entire legacy of modern iOS. Why can’t Apple just make PIP work like any other OS, or similar hardware?
Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. Some apps work then don’t and others just don’t. Even in their own apps like Safari it doesn’t work consistently.
Whats the deal?
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iPhone 15 Pro Max, iOS 18
I agree. I've never found a reliable way to make it work consistently. Best you can do is give feedbaack.
I presume when you start a Video in Safari using YouTube, safari automatically directs you to the App, in this case, YouTube App.
If your video player app (YouTube) doesn’t support PiP, then you may have to wait for the developer to update the app compatible with PiP.
Alternatively, you may go to youtube.com in Safari, play a video, and make it full-screen (You may have to disable YouTube Player). Now you can select the newly-added PiP button on an iPhone, and the video will pop out from the page. You can change tabs or navigate to different apps, and the video will keep running in the PIP.
See the pic below, a snapshot was taken on iPhone SE 1st Gen long ago.
No. That’s an incorrect assumption. Even when I play a video in Safari the success of PIP is hit and miss at best.
Here’s an example of the several ways it’s broken.
Why is Picture in Picture inconsistent on iOS?
