Chrome Prepares a big 2024 UI Update for Picture-in-Picture Mode

Chrome is changing PiP Video Controls for a better user experience

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Published onAugust 22, 2024

published onAugust 22, 2024

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The Chrome feature that shows videos in Picture-in-Picture mode is getting much-needed updates this year. Google is streamlining PiP Video controls and confirms more UI changes are in the pipeline in 2024.

PiP mode is the default feature in modern browsers on desktops, including Google Chrome, Firefox, Opera, and Microsoft Edge. The feature allows you to watch playing videos on top of other applications anywhere, so you can do other tasks while watching videos.

Chrome streamlines Picture-in-Picture video controls

Now, when you select the Picture in Picture option in Chrome’s video context menu, it shows controls such asBack to Tabin the center,Pause/resume Playbackunderneath, andClose PiP windowin the corner. We have also reported Chrome PiP getting aSkip ad button, but we don’t know yet when this change will be added.

Google’s plan is to simplify the Picture in Picture Video Controls, which they call as thenew 2024 UI updatefor Video Picture in Picture. For this UI change, they are moving the Back to Tab button closer to the Close button and adding a minimize button that restores the original tab.

The commit messagespotted by WindowsReport reveals moving back to the tab button to the header, while themeta buginforms that more changes are coming to PiP and that theywill come later.

Move back to the tab button to the header. This CL replaces video picture-in-picture’s “back to tab” label button (in the center of the video) with an image button in the header. This is part of the new 2024 UI update for video picture-in-picture, and is put behind a feature flag for it.

How to see the Chrome PiP mode for Video with new 2024 UI controls

Play any video, right-click on it, and select Picture in Picture. You’ll see the new controls at the top right side, where you can notice the minimize, Back to Tab, and Close buttons in order.

Apart from the PIP mode update, Chrome has addedGoogle Docs supportto Reading mode. Additionally, Google is adding Fingerprinting Protection filtersand new warnings for insecure sitesto Chrome.

What’s your take on Chrome’s new Picture-in-Picture Mode 2024 Update? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.

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How to see the Chrome PiP mode for Video with new 2024 UI controls