How to Enable Picture-in-Picture Mode on Microsoft Edge in Windows 10/11

Microsoft Edge chromium-based is getting popular day by day. If Microsoft Edge is your go-to browser on Windows and wants to use Picture-in-Picture mode (PIP) on Edge browser alongside some other apps. Learn here how to enable Picture-in-Picture mode on Microsoft Edge in Windows 10/11.

Meanwhile, when you use Picture-in-Picture mode on the Edge browser in Windows 10, it allows you to watch your favourite video while using other apps at the same time. When using PiP, the video will float over any app or window. The best thing about it is that even if you switch apps to full-screen mode, the video will continue playing in PiP.

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Picture-in-Picture Mode (PIP)

Picture-in-Picture mode opens videos that can be played in a small overlay window in the web browser, which can be managed separately from the browser. This mode is supported by most of the modern web browsers, including Chrome, Vivaldi, Opera, Firefox, and Microsoft Edge chromium-based browsers.

How to Enable Picture-in-Picture Mode on Microsoft Edge

Microsoft Edge now offers a picture-in-picture feature that enables you to view videos inside a window that pops out. Now you can conveniently use the Global Media Controls UI to build picture-in-picture windows.

The Global Media Controls UI helps you to play, pause, and skip media content with ease. It seems a bit similar to the bar that appears when you press media keys on a device. But, if you have several tabs in the window that play sounds like Twitter, Spotify, and Vimeo, you should use a single flyout to handle their playback. You can play, pause, and skip media material on any web page with ease.

Enable Picture-in-Picture Mode on Edge

First, the new version of the Microsoft Edge browser has to be downloaded and installed. Since the stable version has already obtained this functionality, there is no need to opt for Dev or Canary builds. After that, you can visit the official YouTube.com website and play the video you want to watch in Picture-in-Picture mode.

So, without further delay, here’s how to enable Picture-in-Picture (PiP) mode on Microsoft Edge Chromium for YouTube videos:

Step 1. Open Microsoft Edge Chromium and then play any YouTube videos.

Step 2. Right-click on the video twice and select the Picture in Picture option.

Step 3. The video will now start playing in PiP mode.

Step 4. To play or pause the video, hover the mouse over the video.

Step 5. To disable or deactivate the Picture-in-Picture mode, hover the mouse over the video and click the “x” icon.

Wrapping Up 

That’s it. These were the steps to enable Picture-in-Picture mode on Microsoft Edge on Windows 10. You can either use Global Media Controls or PIP extensions.

Tell us which method is the best to enable Picture-in-Picture mode on Edge for YouTube videos?

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