Premium subscribers get it first, but it will be rolled out to everyone
The YouTube app on iOS will get picture-in-picture support, allowing all users to watch videos while doing other things on their iPhone and iPad. A YouTube spokesperson told that the feature is currently rolling out to Premium subscribers, and a launch for all iOS users (including free users) in the US is in the works.
Apple added support for picture-in-picture video for iPads running iOS 9, and brought it to iPhones running iOS 14. Since then, YouTube support for this feature on iPhones and iPads has been spotty — it works with iPad if you use Safari ( Although some reported that it does not work with non-premium subscribers); iPhone users were unable to access the feature periodically.
That complexity seems to be going away, at least for those in the US: iOS users, with or without a YouTube Premium subscription, will soon be able to access it using the YouTube app as Android users have done for years. YouTube did not provide a timeline for when the feature will arrive for free users, but did mention that the rollout of premium subscriptions is in progress.
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