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It I just jumped from WhatsApp chats to the YouTube app to see the video links. Or rather, it will end. And it is that WhatsApp is still working on this feature, called picture in picture. That is, image in image. With it we can watch a YouTube video directly on the same WhatsApp chat screen. Without leaving the conversation and being able to share impressions directly during playback.
It is currently under development, but WABETAInfo has already found clues and how this feature would work on WhatsApp. So it's only a matter of time before we can watch YouTube videos without leaving WhatsApp chats. This is what it would look like.
Picture in picture
The idea is simple, and already seen in other areas such as Facebook, for example. On the social network, it is possible to start by playing a video and continue scanning the wall without pausing or stopping to view the content. Well, something similar would take place in WhatsApp, as seen.
The feature is under development and still hidden in the latest beta version of WhatsApp for iOS. But they have managed to show how it would work in principle. And it aims to have many possibilities.All you have to do is click on a link to YouTube shared by one of the WhatsApp chats.
This would open a floating window (picture in picture) in the chat Here the video starts playing taking up something like a third of the the screen. Enough to see the video in some detail, and continue writing if necessary. Of course, this floating window can be moved anywhere on the screen for convenience.
Full screen
Playback can be paused at any time. And it is permanently cut if you leave the chat in which the link has been shared. However, it remains in the background, and hidden from view, if you pull this window to the far right of the screen This feature can be used to view all of the chat without stopping listening or moving forward in the video. Very useful for reading messages, checking information about the video or moving forward without paying too much attention.Even to listen to a video clip while commenting on WhatsApp.
The people of WhatsApp have also not forgotten to introduce a full screen playback mode Again, WhatsApp is not abandoned anywhere Time to watch the full video. A player is simply overlaid on top of the chat to take advantage of the full dimensions of the screen. When you go back, you can minimize the floating window or picture in picture and find that you never left the chat from which the video came from.
Hidden and developing feature
As we say, we will still have to wait a long time to be able to enjoy this feature. The question is whether developing and debugging problems will take a couple of weeks or even months. Something that, at the moment, is unknown. And it is that the function has been discovered in a hidden way in a beta or test version. Which makes us suspect that the wait is still going to be long.
At the moment the function has been seen in a version for iPhone, without information about Android or Windows Phone users. It is known that, thanks to the size of its screen, the iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 6S, iPhone 6S+, iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus will be compatible with WhatsApp picture in picture. At least in principle.
Everything is tied to the development and evolution of this function, which seems useful and practical for all kinds of users. For now, all we have to do is wait.
