Chrome’s picture-in-picture mode could get a big update on Windows
Google is planning to make a big change to Chrome’s picture-in-picture mode that will allow users to open non-video content. This new version of picture-in-picture might support interactive media contents like images or certain types of embedded contents like audio while you continue to browse the web. As you’re probably aware, Google Chrome’s existing picture-in-picture feature can only play videos. In an upcoming update, however, it will be possible to play interactive HTML content in the picture-in-picture mode, making multitasking easier for users. The project is currently called PIP 2.0 and it aims to enable interactive HTML content in the PiP window. Interactive content is a subjective term, so we don’t how the search engine giant is planning to upgrade picture-in-picture mode, but you can expect support for audio, embed, iframe, img, and more. “This is part of a series for the new picture-in-picture v2 feature that allows always-on-top windows with arbitrary content. This CL i