After iOS and Android, Facebook-owned messaging app WhatsApp is now rolling out "Picture in Picture (PiP) mode" for web users that will allow them to view videos within a chat window, without opening third party pages or apps.
In the previous web version, the messaging app released the PiP feature to watch shared videos.
Now WhatsApp has finally submitted a new update for the web platform, giving the possibility to use the PiP feature for videos hosted on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram and Streamable, the report added.
WhatsApp on a smartphone device.
To force the update, WhatsApp web users need to clear their browser cache and re-launch the browser.
The PiP feature was rolled out in January 2018 and December 2018 for iOS and Android users respectively.
The Facebook-owned company has over 200 million monthly active users in India and is one of the most popular mobile apps worldwide. (IANS)