The Picture-in-Picture API allows websites to create a floating video window that is always on top of other windows so that users may continue consuming media while they interact with other sites or applications on their device. This change only applies to <video> elements.

Demos

• https://googlechrome.github.io/samples/picture-in-picture/
• https://github.com/GoogleChromeLabs/picture-in-picture-chrome-extension

Documentation

• https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2018/10/watch-video-using-picture-in-picture
• https://github.com/WICG/picture-in-picture/blob/master/explainer.md

Specification

Specification link

Status: Specification being incubated in a Community Group

Status in Chromium

Blink components: Blink>Media>PictureInPicture

Implementation status: Enabled by default (tracking bug)

Consensus & Standardization

• Firefox: Positive
• Safari: Positive
• Web Developers: No signals

Owners

• fbeaufort@chromium.org
• mlamouri@chromium.org
• apacible@chromium.org

Comments

Chrome OS is supported in Chrome 72.

Last updated on 2021-12-13