In recent years, with the advent of video streaming services, a feature that until recently was quite unknown has become quite common. We are talking about the PIP mode of the mobile or Picture in Picture, which allows us to see one screen within another. We tell you how to know which apps have access to them.
Not all apps are compatible with this mode, and those that are often do not clearly notice it. But there is a way to know if an app supports this mode, and second, to know if it has access to it and is activated.
Access in the settings of your phone
PIP modes originally existed on some televisions, which allowed us to watch two channels at once, one on the big screen, and the other within a window. In this case it works the same, and what this function of the latest versions of Android allows us is to keep watching video content in a floating window while we do other things with it.
Well, there is a setting on the phone where we can see all the apps that have access to this PIP mode , and therefore will be able to use it at some point. For this it is necessary to do the following:
- Enter the phone settings
- Select the “apps and notifications” menu
- Click on “special application access”
- Enter the Image in Image menu
Now within this menu you will see all the apps that have access to this mode of the operating system, or what is the same, the apps that allow you to view content in a floating window. In this way, what we can also do is give or remove access to an app with this functionality. To do this, we only have to press the slider next to each app prepared for this function. At the time of doing so, the app will no longer have access to the PIP function , making it impossible to use it. In this way we have full control over the apps that can use this mode.
And also, we can know which apps are installed on the phone that have this function. Many times these do not specify it in the description, or they have had it for so long that we do not know that it has it until we see how when minimizing the application the floating window appears. In any case, it is an easy way to have this feature controlled on your mobile and to be clear about the apps that access it and also choose which ones you want that do not have that access.