How to turn on Picture in Picture mode in Google Chrome on Debian 10

Picture-in-Picture mode, often abbreviated to PiP, is enabled by Google for Google Chrome browser. It is a handy way that allows you to watch videos in a small floating window outside the browser window or on any other window.

This mode allows you to keep an eye on videos that are opened in the Chrome browser while interacting with other websites and applications. However, only one PIP video can be played at a time on the screen. Floating window will appear in the lower right corner of the screen. You can resize or drag the floating window to another location.

This mode is available for all major platforms such as Windows, Linux, macOS and ChromeOS running Google Chrome 70.

In this article, TipsMake.com will explain how to enable Picture-in-Picture mode in Google Chrome on Debian 10. Please note that you cannot play every video in PiP mode. However, YouTube and Daily Motion will work in PiP mode.

Note : The article will use the Debian 10 operating system to describe the process mentioned in this article. However, you can use the same method in previous versions of Debian.

Turn on Picture-in-Picture in Google Chrome

Before you begin, make sure you are running the latest version of Chrome browser (Chrome 70). To verify, click the 3 vertical dots in the top right corner of the Chrome browser. Then go to Help> About Google Chrome .

If there is any update, download it to get the latest version of Chrome. Once done, relaunch Chrome and you're now ready to turn on Picture-in-Picture mode.

Follow the steps below to turn on Picture-in-Picture mode in Google Chrome.

Add an extension

Open Google Chrome in the Debian operating system. Then navigate to the Chrome Web Store to find the Picture-in-Picture extension. After finding it, click the Add to Chrome button to add the extension to your Chrome browser.

After following the above step, a dialog box will appear for you to approve this, click Add extension.

When the extension is added, you will receive a notification.

Activate extension

Once you've finished adding the extension, you can now check out the new PiP feature. To test PiP mode, open any video. You will see the PiP icon in the top corner of the browser. Click it to activate PiP mode. Alternatively, right-click the video twice and from the options menu that appears, select Picture in picture.

Immediately after selecting this option, you will see a pop-up window containing the video in the lower right corner of the screen.

You can now resize the video and drag it to another location around the screen. Floating windows initially appeared small in size. To change its size, place the cursor on the edge of the window and stretch it to the desired size. You can also play and pause videos from this floating window. To close the video, click the X button in the corner of its window.

Below is the floating video view mode on the desktop.

You may see a floating video while working on the operating system's file manager.

That's how you can turn on image mode in Google Chrome browser to enjoy videos when multitasking. However, it should be noted that if you close the main browser window, the floating window will close.