
After all, it is a YouTube Premium feature. But it does seem like YouTube continually patches their mobile site to stop PiP from working on iOS. It is currently unclear as to who is to blame. This joy was only momentary, however, as just a few days later, the picture-in-picture mode was found broken once again. Things changed with the arrival of the latest iOS 14.5 beta update though, following which, many users were elated to find the feature re-enabled once again. However, the much loved YouTube picture-in-picture mode has been broken on iOS for quite a while now.

Therefore, peeps that did not wish to spend on a monthly subscription just for this feature, would simply switch over to the YouTube website as per their needs. This useful little feature has unfortunately been reserved only for YouTube Premium subscribers. That said, there is yet another great motive to use the YouTube website on iOS – the picture-in-picture mode. This is despite the fact that its desktop site, quite oddly, still throws ads at you, just like on the mobile app. There may also be a few with the opinion that the default YouTube app is ‘buggy’.īut perhaps the greatest incentive behind it all is the fact that the YouTube mobile website is completely free from intrusive and ever-increasing ads.

Some say that it helps reduce their screen time while others feel that the YouTube app occupies too much storage. And upon inquiring about why they do so, you will get a range of different answers. Not everyone is a fan of the default YouTube app and instead prefer using its web app from the browser. Original story (published on February 20, 2021) follows: New updates are being added at the bottom of this story…….
