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Realme: Turn Picture-in-Picture On or Off for Any App

When a YouTube or Netflix video suddenly loses its floating window and jumps back to full screen the moment you open another app, Picture-in-Picture is disabled for that specific app on your Realme phone. Realme UI controls this permission separately for every app, so enabling it once for YouTube does not activate it for Netflix or any other media app. Without this permission, switching apps pauses or closes the video instead of shrinking it into a movable window.

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Allow or Deny Picture-in-Picture per App auf Realme

Picture-in-Picture lets a video keep playing in a small floating window while you use another app. On Realme phones this is not a single global switch. Each app has its own Picture-in-Picture permission, managed through the app management section of the system settings.

If a video from YouTube, Netflix or a similar media app stops the moment you leave it, that specific app is missing the permission. Realme UI blocks the floating overlay by default for many apps to save memory and battery, so you have to switch it on per app.

To check or change it, open Tap on SettingsTap on App managementTap on App listChoose an AppTap on Picture-in-pictureEnable or disable Picture-in-Picture. Once enabled, the floating window can be dragged anywhere on screen and resized by dragging its corner.

Turning the permission off again is useful if an app keeps opening a floating window you never asked for, or if you want to save battery on an older device. Not every app supports this feature at all, even when the toggle is present in settings.

Frequently asked questions

Each app has its own entry under Tap on App listChoose an AppTap on Picture-in-picture. Enabling it for YouTube does not affect any other app, so you need to repeat the steps for every app you want the floating window to work in.