Google’s Chrome web browser has a new Picture-in-Picture mode that allows you to pop videos you’re watching outside the browser in a small overlay window. However, it’s still an experimental feature, which means that it’s still under development and if you want to give it a try, you must enable it manually.
In this guide, you’ll learn the steps to enable Picture-in-Picture mode to watch videos outside the browser using Google Chrome on Windows 10, macOS, and Linux.
How to enable Chrome’s Picture-in-Picture mode for videos
If you want to watch videos in Picture-in-Picture mode, you’ll need to install Chrome version 69 or later, and then follow these steps:
- Open Chrome.
- Type the following path in the address bar and press Enter:
- chrome://flags/#enable-picture-in-picture
- Chrome enable Picture-in-Picture setting
- Using the drop-down menu on the right and select Enabled.
- Type the following path in the address bar and press Enter:
- chrome://flags/#enable-surfaces-for-videos
- Chrome enable surfaces layer for videos setting
- Using the drop-down menu on the right and select Enabled.
- Click the Relaunch now button.
Once you’ve completed the steps, you can try the new feature right-clicking twice on a YouTube video to open the Chrome’s context menu and select Picture-in-Picture.
Open Chrome.
Type the following path in the address bar and press Enter:
chrome://flags/#enable-picture-in-picture
Chrome enable Picture-in-Picture setting
Using the drop-down menu on the right and select Enabled.
chrome://flags/#enable-surfaces-for-videos
Chrome enable surfaces layer for videos setting
Click the Relaunch now button.
While in the Picture-in-Picture mode, you can drag the video around the screen, play and pause, resize the video by stretching the edges, and click the X button in the top-right corner to close the video.
