What’s the new iOS 14 feature
This new feature is a picture-in-picture mode that already exists in Android smartphones.
The picture-in-picture mode lets the users multitask, work on two apps simultaneously.
But there’s one thing you can’t do in Android that you’ll be able to do with iOS 14.
You can play the YouTube video in a small window in the corner of your mobile screen, while you are typing a text or scrolling through your Instagram feed.
In other words, you can watch YouTube videos without having to stay in the app.
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Here’s the catch
You need a YouTube Premium subscription to use this feature. Also, it works only when you play the video through Safari.
When your iPhone is running on iOS 14 and you have the YouTube Premium subscription: play a video on YouTube on Safari, slide it down to a floating window, close the app, and the video will keep on playing in the floating window.
This is because YouTube directly doesn’t let users view videos in the background for more people to get the paid subscription.
Here’s a demonstration,
My favourite feature in iOS 14 (so far)…
…and one YouTube will be pissed about pic.twitter.com/IScSl81ygz
– Matt Navarra (@MattNavarra) June 23, 2020
iOS 14 has introduced many other features such as home screen widgets, App Library, new call notifications, improved Siri, new features for iMessage, PiP mode, and a lot more.
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