Picture in Picture - Floating Player

Picture in Picture - Floating Player

Watch videos in a floating player outside the browser window or on top of any other windows. Picture in Picture mode for web!

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What is Picture in Picture - Floating Player?

Picture in Picture - Floating Player is a popular Chrome extension by Mark Rives. This extension has 790,084 weekly active users, a good user rating of 4.81, and is most similar to Floating Video - Picture in Picture mode and Floating Player - Picture in Picture. The latest version, 1.0.8, was updated 8 days ago.

Stats
Stats date:
Rating: 4.81 (156)
Version: 1.0.8 (Last updated: 2023-05-24)
Creation date: 2021-10-07
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • storage
  • <all_urls>
  • webRequest
  • webRequestBlocking
Size: 119.81K
Email: Click to see
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Other platforms

Not available on Firefox
Summary
Continue watching your videos on picture-in-picture mode while doing something else! floating video.

What is the picture-in-picture (PiP) mode and how it will be useful for you?
This mode lets you play any video in picture-in-picture (PiP) mode, and it works on all platforms. PiP is a popped-out, always-on-top video player that floats on top of other windows. 

You can also reposition it along the screen border while you continue to surf the internet.

Picture-in-picture - (floating player) - allows you to watch videos in a floating window (always on top of other windows) so you can keep track of what you are watching when interacting with other sites or applications.

Just click on the floating player icon to display the video player on YouTube or any other websites on the web. This window will play the video on all pages of the browser on which there is a video resource.

PiP mode is a popped-out, always-on-top video player which floats on top of other windows. Bring the PIP mode to any HTML5 video player on any website.

☑️ Play video in floating popup window.
☑️ Resize floating video pop-up.
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User reviews
User reviews summary
These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Easy to use
  • Works on almost all video sites
  • Great for multitasking
  • Free
Cons
  • Lacks some additional features
  • No playback control
  • Limited video size adjustment
Most mentioned
  • Next/prev buttons on Youtube
  • Resizable/multiple videos
  • Subtitles support
  • Ability to close tab without closing PIP
  • Caption/fade-in-out effect
  • Works on Netflix, Twitch, Amazon Prime
  • Fix for black theme icon
  • Useful for multitasking
  • More control options
  • Limited video size adjustment
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Safety
Risk impact

Picture in Picture - Floating Player requires a number of risky permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install Picture in Picture - Floating Player if you trust the publisher.

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Risk likelihood

Picture in Picture - Floating Player has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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