Being our work and leisure station, many of us take advantage of multitasking functions to watch YouTube videos while doing other tasks. However, even using multiple monitors, we often end up accidentally covering these tabs.
What many do not know, the main web browsers have the added support of the picture-in-picture or “PiP” function , previously limited exclusively to the YouTube Premium paid subscription for smart devices , available for free and by default without having to pay.
A function that will allow us to open any video in a small superimposed floating window, which we can resize and move with almost complete freedom (with the only restriction of a maximum size) and that will allow us perform basic actions such as playing and pausing the video.
So today we offer you another quick tutorial for YouTube to take advantage of the “hidden” functions of the player
How to activate YouTube PiP mode (Chrome and Edge)
With identical operation for both browsers, the first thing we must do is play the YouTube video in question .
After this, we will have to press twice with the right mouse click on the video to show the contextual menu, a small white options window similar to the normal Windows options. In it, will appear an option called “Image in image” , which after being selected will reduce the video to this reduced size.
Remember that yes, that although we can move this pop-up window, we will not be able to close the original tab of the video , since this will make it disappear. Thus, to return the video to its natural state, we will only have to repeat the process on the reduced window, and select the inverse icon (represented by a square with an outgoing arrow towards the upper right corner).
How to activate YouTube PiP mode (Firefox)
On the other hand, in the case of the Mozilla browser the process will be even simpler, just having to play the video by hovering the mouse over it . The fact is that this browser has a small icon (represented by a square with an outgoing arrow towards the lower right corner), which will allow us to access the picture-in-picture mode with just one click .
In the same way as in other browsers, to return the video to its natural state, we will only have to select the “Return to tab” icon.