What is Picture in Picture in Chrome?
Google’s Chrome browser might be the most popular way to surf the web for a number of reasons, but one of them is its great feature set. Picture in picture is just one of those, and it makes it possible to have a floating window displaying any sort of content you want on top of whatever else you’re doing. This means you could have a YouTube video playing in the bottom corner of your screen while you work or play in the main window. It’s not just for entertainment, either. It can be useful if you’re trying to learn how to do something on your PC without having to keep pausing and minimizing the video to do it.
Update Chrome to Support Picture in Picture
To get started using PiP you need to be running Chrome 70 or later. Chrome should update itself automatically, but if it doesn’t for whatever reason, you should see an arrow in the top right-hand corner of your screen. Select it, then select Update Google Chrome to update to the latest version. To confirm you’re running version 70 or later, select the three-dot menu icon in the top right-hand corner, then go to Help > About Google Chrome. You’ll then be taken to a page detailing your browser version number.
Open a PiP Floating Window in Chrome
Once you’re sure you’re running the latest version of the Chrome browser you can take full advantage of PiP mode.
Enable Picture in Picture on Chrome OS
If you’re using a Chromebook or Chrome OS 2-in-1 like Google’s new Pixel Slate, you will need to jump through a couple of extra hoops to enjoy picture in picture videos:
