A picture - in - picture mode that's currently restricted to Android TV devices running Nougat will be brought to more devices via Android O, letting users watch
videos in floating windows while working on other apps.
With it, users can play back
videos in a floating window that can be overlaid anywhere on the screen, providing a «picture in picture» experience.
Not exact matches
Included
in Samsung's Jelly Bean updates will be the «Pop Up Play»
floating video window, pause
video capture, and Easy Mode which allows items such as favorite contacts to be placed into resizable widgets on the home screen along with more control over incoming calls.
The
Video Player can be popped out into a
floating, resizable
window, so you can,
in effect, do three things at once.
Like Samsung's Muilti
Window View,
Floating Apps allows users to run multiple apps
in individual
windows at the same time, including the Browser, AudioWizard, BuddyBuzz, Calculator, Calendar, Countdown, Dictionary, Email, Sticky Memo, Stopwatch, To Do List and
Video Player.
Instead, the
video will be minimized as a
floating window in the bottom - right corner of your screen and the
video / audio will continue to play.
The Skype team added an innovative feature on Friday to the
video calling app for Android tablets: A
floating picture -
in - picture
window.
Floating video windows are a boost to discovery
in that it allows users to browse while watching a
video.
When you're watching a full - screen
video in YouTube or Chrome, just press the home button and the
video will shrink down to a
window that
floats on top of whatever else you're doing.
The multi-
window screen and
video floating window enables TV and movie viewing
in eye - opening 1080p FHD resolution while completing other tasks simultaneously.
When watching a
video on WhatsApp, picture
in picture lets you watch the
video through a
floating window while you do other stuff like texting your friend or browsing the app.
You'll already be familiar with this
in the YouTube app, but when it is implemented across the board, app developers will be able to have their
video apps continue playing
in a small
floating window while you navigate to other areas of the app or to completely different apps entirely.
If you haven't seen it
in action yet, Picture -
in - Picture is a feature that shrinks down
videos into a smaller
floating window so that you can continue to watch as you make use of other apps.
A small upgrade to Google Duo earlier this month added the ability to move around the
floating video window when
in a call.
And while it doesn't sound like there's a full - fledged
windowed mode, Google does mention «picture -
in - picture» support that can allow things like
video clips to
float above other apps.
If unfamiliar, you simply start watching a
video in Netflix, press the home button, and you'll have a small
floating window that will still be playing the
video.
This means that Android users will finally be able to enjoy their
videos in a
floating movable
window that will run atop other apps.