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Google is working on improving the picture-in-picture feature in its Chrome browser.

The beta version of Google Chrome already has an improved picture-in-picture feature. | Fountain: Google

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Google is developing an improvement to the picture-in-picture feature in the latest beta version of your browser Chromium. With this new update, the tool will no longer serve only to play videos, but is also exploring the possibility of displaying any web content in a floating window that stays on top of other windows.

According to what the firm points out on its official blog, version 111 of the beta Chromium it already includes additional features of the tool and has been renamed by the company to Picture-in-Picture Document. With an enhancement, this could be much more useful to users as it can display entire applets that take advantage of the browser’s APIs. Google.

Google updates picture-in-picture feature

Although the examples he gives Google about their updated picture-in-picture tool, they show features that already existed, such as video players with a personalized user interface, or a video conferencing mini-player that gives you access to a grid of people and basic buttons, the firm also suggests that this feature can be use to display, for example, a music playlist.

At this point, it’s not clear if picture-in-picture functionality in full documents will reach other browsers that don’t use chromium. One of the feature developers asked for commands related to fire fox And Safari its position on this issue, but did not receive a final answer. However, some team members Mozilla expressed concern about the feature used to display annoying pop-ups and people in Mansana not sure if this can be implemented on iOS.

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An example of Google Chrome’s picture-in-picture feature, with improvements to it. | Fountain: Google

New Chrome feature coming soon

Based on browser state tracking Chromium, this feature will be tested until version 115 of the browser, which may launch in June. After that, developers will likely take into account the feedback they receive about the feature to decide how to move forward.

If you have a beta version Chromium before its update 115 and you want to test the feature, you can activate it by pasting [chrome://flags/#document-picture-in-picture-api] in the URL bar and selecting the “On” option. in the drop down menu. However, at the moment there are not many sites that support this new tool. Googlebut you can find it.

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