How to watch Youtube video in Picture-in-Picture mode on iPad

While the YouTube app now also supports Split View on the iPad, it still takes up essentially half the display space on your screen. If you get in the habit of watching YouTube videos while doing more on your iPad, Picture-in-Picture is clearly an ideal feature.

Almost every multimedia application supports Picture-in-Picture on iPad, except for YouTube. In this article, we will learn how to watch YouTube videos in Picture-in-Picture mode on iPad.

Watch Youtube videos in Picture-in-Picture iPad mode

Open the ' Safari ' app on your iPad first, then navigate to the YouTube website.

If you want, you can use your Google account to sign in to YouTube to get more access to your personalized items, including playlists and videos from channels that you've subscribed to. The desktop interface will be a little more familiar.

Search for the video you want to watch. Tap on the video to start launching it in YouTube's default player.

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Now, press the Fullscreen button to switch the video to full screen play.

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Once the video has shown your entire iPad screen, tap the ' Picture-in-Picture ' button in the top left corner.

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The video will start playing in a small floating window on the screen.

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You can touch and drag the Picture-in-Picture video playback window to another corner of the screen or move it to any position you want. In addition, you can easily resize this floating video player with some familiar drag and drop.

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If you want to stop playing the video, click on the ' Stop ' button . You can also press the ' Picture-in-Picture ' button to return to the previous full-screen mode.

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All the actions to do are simple, just that, wish you have the best experience!

Isabella Humphrey

Update 01 February 2021