YouTube mobile site restores Apple iOS 14 picture-in-picture function

At present, the mobile version of the YouTube website has begun to allow iOS 14 devices to use the built-in picture-in-picture function to play videos without a premium account.

Previously, the mobile version of YouTube prohibited the use of the picture-in-picture function for ordinary accounts after the release of iOS 14, and only allowed users with premium accounts to use this function. The changes now mean that any YouTube visitor can use the picture-in-picture feature in Safari.

Naijatechnews understands that iOS 14 introduces the native picture-in-picture function to the iPhone for the first time, but the application must also explicitly support this function. YouTube’s native app has never supported the picture-in-picture feature for any user, but iPadOS has provided this feature for some time. There are reports that YouTube has been testing this feature, but it has not been announced.

Therefore, iOS 14 users have to use YouTube as a workaround in Safari.