To enable PiP on your iPad, first turn on "Start PiP Automatically" in Settings > General > Picture in Picture, then for apps like YouTube, enable the feature in the app's own settings (e.g., YouTube's Playback settings), and finally, play a video and swipe up or press the Home button to activate the floating window. Remember, apps like YouTube may require a premium subscription for PiP to work.
Turning picture-in-picture ON
To use picture-in-picture (PiP), exit the YouTube app while a video is playing. If you have the PiP setting turned on, the video will shrink into a PiP window. The PiP window can be dragged to different parts of the screen, allowing playback to continue on top of other apps.
Use two windows side by side
Open an app. Drag an app icon from the Dock, Home Screen, App Library, or Spotlight to the left or right edge of the screen. If you want to resize the apps, drag the bar in the middle to adjust the size of the app windows.
Touch and hold the app icon for an app that supports multiple windows (for example, Mail, Notes, Safari, Files, and others) until a menu appears. Choose New Window from the menu.
Picture-in-picture (PiP) is a feature that can be found in television receivers, personal computers, and smartphones.
With Picture in Picture, you can watch a video or use FaceTime while you use other apps. or press the Home button (on an iPad with a Home button). The video window scales down to a corner of your screen so you can see the Home Screen and open other apps.
Picture-in-Picture is turned on by default, but you can check it in your settings:
To enable Picture-in-Picture on iPhone or iPad, go to Settings → General → Picture in Picture → toggle on Start PiP Automatically. On Android, open Settings → Apps → Advanced → Special app access → Picture-in-Picture → YouTube → Allow picture-in-picture.
How to find Safari's PiP button. If a video is playing in Safari, go to the address bar at the top of the window, right-click the blue audio button to the right of the website URL in the address bar and click Enter Picture in Picture. The video will then automatically move to a floating window.
Three-finger gestures on iPhone primarily activate accessibility features like VoiceOver (for screen reading and navigation) and Zoom (magnification), allowing scrolling, zooming, and text manipulation (copy/paste/undo) with specific taps and drags, though some text actions work without VoiceOver enabled for quick editing. Common gestures include three-finger double-tap to toggle VoiceOver speech, triple-tap for the screen curtain, and pinching/spreading with three fingers for copy/paste actions, notes this YouTube video.
Multiview is currently available for YouTube Primetime Channels on: Smart TVs and streaming media players. Mobile devices, including, iPhone, iPad, and Android phones and tablets. Casting from your mobile device to your TV is also supported.
On iPad you can work with multiple apps, or multiple windows of the same app. As you work, you can resize, move, and add windows.