The most used Browser – Chrome is receiving new features that will enhance the user’s ability to multitask. Developers are working on a new feature in Chrome that will automatically play YouTube videos in Picture-in-Picture (PiP) mode once the user switches tabs. The video will automatically move to the corner and will keep playing until the user pauses it.

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The Auto PiP feature is currently present in the development and may the part of the next Canary build. It may debut on the Stable build by the end of this year. It is quite a helpful feature offering more convenience to the user.

Auto PiP feature will turn into a productive feature under various circumstances. For Eg: It can be helpful to watch a tutorial video in the corner while performing the steps in another tab or window.

This CL adds a draft of the allow / block content setting UI for AutoPiP windows. It doesn’t try to match any UI mocks; it just adds
some scaffolding to use while we build out the functionality and the UI itself. Right now, it’s triggered for any document PiP window if blink feature that corresponds to AutoPiP is enabled, even for pip windows that aren’t opened because of AutoPiP. Video PiP windows are never affected, though that will be added in the future.

The feature will be compatible with Windows 11, Windows 10, macOS, and ChromeOS. A similar feature is already present in Microsoft Edge Canary which is labeled as  “Automatically turn on picture in picture for video sites.” 

Apart from the Auto PiP feature on Chrome, Google is working on several other enhancements that will surely enhance Chrome’s feature set. The developers are working on a new incognito mode for better “Tracking Protection”. Some design changes related to the Material theme are also in the works and will soon see the light of day via a new update.

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Xiaomi kick-started the development of the next major version of its custom ROM dubbed MIUI 9 about six months ago. While devices are still getting upgrades based on MIUI 8 and new features keeps entering the latest version, the company has been shown to still be working on the MIUI 9. A recent letter by Xiaomi to its developers have revealed more of the features the MIUI 9 would bring to the table.

According to the document, the MIUI 9 would come with two new features identified as “split screen” and picture-in-picture (PIP). The document gives the relevant recommendations to developers who we believe are working on the new MIUI 9. You can peruse the document on Split screen from here, while the Picture-in-Picture description can be seen from here.

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The documents didn’t specifically mention the MIUI 9 even though Xiaomi had signalled from its inception that it is working on the next-gen ROM. But it is indicated in the letter that the features would be for the MIUI next version. More so, the features would be adapted for Android 7.0 and Xiaomi asked developers to adapt their work to the Android standard interface without the need for MIUI for the adaptation work. That is another pointer to the fact that the features would not be restricted to the current versions of MIUI.

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