PIP doesn't work for YouTube on android

Mattches · March 25, 2025, 6:55pm

The team is aware of this issue and looking into it presently:

PIP player no longer working on Youtube in Brave

opened 06:54PM - 25 Mar 25 UTC

site-bug OS/Android

### Description Several users have submitted reports who can no longer enter PI…P mode on their Android device for [m.youtube.com](http://m.youtube.com/) in Brave. We have been able to reproduce this on our end on versions v1.76.81 (stable) -- 1.78.58 (Nightly). This is likely something removed in Chromium code/by Google. ### Steps to reproduce 1. Visit m.youtube.com in Brave 2. Play video 3. Attempt to enter PIP mode ### Actual result Browser app minimizes, no PIP displayed. ### Expected result PIP video should play as expected ### Reproduces how often Easily reproduced ### Brave version v1.76.81 (stable) -- 1.78.58 (Nightly) ### Device - Brand/model: Galaxy S22+, Google Pixel 7a, Android Moto G32, Galaxy S25 Ultra - Android version: 13, 14, 15 ### Channel information - [x] release (stable) - [x] beta - [x] nightly ### Reproducibility - [ ] with Brave Shields disabled - [ ] with Brave Rewards disabled - [ ] in the latest version of Chrome ### Miscellaneous information User reports: https://www.reddit.com/r/brave_browser/comments/1jgtgre/i_cant_use_pip_on_youtube_with_browser_on_android/ https://www.reddit.com/r/brave_browser/comments/1jgq2xc/mobile_browser_playing_youtube_in_background/ https://community.brave.app/t/youtube-video-pop-up-is-no-longer-working-on-my-android/607179 https://community.brave.app/t/pip-doesnt-work-for-youtube-on-android/607180 https://community.brave.app/t/android-brave/606440/2

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PIP doesn't work for YouTube on android

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