5 apps that would take advantage of Android 8.0 Oreo's Picture in Picture
Table of contents:
- YouTube, the Google service that should have this function yes or yes.
- Facebook, Live Streams and Other Videos
- Google Photos, another google service where there is video and there is no ”˜”™PiP”™”™
- Spotify and its videos. Yes, your videos
- Twitter, for videos and live broadcasts
- It's not all bad news
Android 8.0 Oreo, the new version of the Android operating system came with interesting news a few months ago. Among them, it stands out a lot about the improvement in notifications, battery, performance and file management. They hardly added features that changed the interface design, just small changes to the color palette. Although there is a very, very interesting feature that, although it does not change the design of the interface, does change the design of watching the video.We are talking about the Picture-In-Picture function. A feature that allows us to display content with a small floating screen that can be viewed anywhere.
That is, we can continue to watch the video of an application, press the ”˜Home”™ button and open any application. A small screen is displayed where the multimedia content continues to be viewed. Unfortunately, this function is not yet available in many applications that, without a doubt, should have it When you try this function you want all the apps you use in your daily life to have it have. But we are a bit more realistic, and we tell you five applications that do not have Picture in Picture, and that should have it.
YouTube, the Google service that should have this function yes or yes.
It will surely surprise you. But that's right, Youtube, the popular video streaming service does not have the Picture in Picture feature of Android 8.0 Oreo. Or at least, the free app. YouTube Red, YouTube's payment service, does include this feature, but the app we all use does not. We don't see a bad thing that the big G implements some other exclusive feature on YouTube with Red, but we can't forgive it for a feature that is native to Android 8.0 Oreo. Without a doubt, YouTube is the app that should get Picture in Picture right now.
Facebook, Live Streams and Other Videos
The social network Facebook also does not include the Picture in Picture function. We must emphasize that this feature is only used in videos. So we are talking about the videos we see on Facebook, as well as live broadcasts etc. Above all, for this last way of viewing content on the social network, it is he misses Picture in Picture.We don't expect Facebook to support this feature in Android Oreo, but if it ever does, we'd be more than happy.
Google Photos, another google service where there is video and there is no ”˜”™PiP”™”™
Google Photos is undoubtedly one of the best applications that Google has created. We can save all our photos in the cloud, it syncs with our entire Google account, adds an editing feature, to share more quickly. Even to detect your pet. But”¦ can't you guess what function it doesn't have? That's right, Picture in Picture. Google Photos does not include this feature either, which would be great for our videos Without a doubt, another service that the Mountain View firm would have to update.
Spotify and its videos. Yes, your videos
Yes, you can also watch videos on Spotify. Specifically, music videos. And of course, they don't include the amazing Picture-In-Picture feature, created in Android 8.0 Oreo. We can't even play the music in the background. That is, if we put a video in the music application and go to home or another application without closing the app, the music in the video will stop. It's not surprising since it's a video. But they could implement Picture-in-Picture in this case.
Twitter, for videos and live broadcasts
Another of the applications that we would like to have Picture-In-Picture is Twitter. Specifically, in live broadcasts. In addition to, of course, videos, like Facebook. It is an application that we usually use on a daily basis.Like the social network Facebook, Twitter is unlikely to incorporate this feature, although it would never hurt to add it.
It's not all bad news
There are many apps that already have Picture-in-Picture, as well as some Google services. If you have Android 8.0 Oreo and use Netflix, you may have noticed that this feature is not available. In Android 8.1 Oreo (currently in beta) it is. This is due to an incompatibility in 8.0 with the privacy of screenshots in the feature, but in 8.1 it is fixed. Another application that includes this feature is Google Maps. We can navigate with a small screen floating in our home or in any application. This last feature is really useful.
Most likely, Google will be adding app support. As already happened with the split screen in Android 7.0 Nougat. We will see if finally, all these applications receive this feature.
