With the arrival of the new operating system iOS 9, a lot has changed. For example, a special API has become available for developers, thanks to which it is now possible to create applications for viewing picture-in-picture videos on iPad devices. Well, it's okay, the API has appeared, and application developers are in no hurry. And even Google is not yet going to update its proprietary YouTube app for iOS in order to teach the official client to play videos over other applications. Fortunately, third-party developers do not sleep. At the moment, there are two ways that open us the possibility of watching YouTube videos over other programs.
# 1: YouPlayer app
This third-party application will replace Google's official YouTube client without any problems. YouPlayer includes a special module so you can watch YouTube hosting videos on top of any application on your iPad.
It is also worth noting the pleasant and user-friendly interface. Moreover, you can select the quality of the video being played with the click of a button. There are special quality modes for 3G and Wi-Fi networks. By the way, YouPlayer has the ability to change the theme, choosing between light and dark. The good news is that the program is distributed free of charge in the App Store.
# 2: YouTube P.I.P. Web App
Both of these methods are quite simple, but the choice is up to you. It is more convenient, of course, to use the whole application than to constantly copy links to a string on YouTube P.I.P.
And of course we hope that Google will soon add support for the "Picture-in-picture" mode to the proprietary YouTube application to make the function even more convenient.
Constant buffering while watching a video on YouTube does not allow you to enjoy watching? Or did the video stop launching altogether? Whatever problem you have while playing videos on YouTube, this instruction will help you solve the problem.
Important! Before looking for a solution to a problem, make sure that:
1. Your internet connection is stable.
2. YouTube servers are active. You can check the status of the servers on this page.
Update YouTube app
Let's start with the obvious. Problems playing videos through the official YouTube app may be related to an outdated version of the tool. Just update the YouTube app via the App Store and check if the playback process is stable.
It is recommended to read the latest user reviews of the current version of the application before installing. Often, it is the latest builds of the official YouTube application that are unstable, not allowing you to freely view videos, even in not the highest quality.
Install one of the older versions of YouTube
If such a problematic update was installed on your iPhone or iPad automatically (function), then a rollback to the previous stable build will help solve the problem. This process, frankly, is not the easiest, but by clearly following the steps, you can easily return to the working version of the YouTube application.
Start watching videos through Safari
One of the most effective solutions to the problem of freezing when watching YouTube videos is to completely abandon the official application from Google. You can watch videos through Safari or another browser installed on your mobile device.
If earlier we received information from the Internet in the form of text, now the popularity of video content is growing. Well, with the spread of the mobile Internet, we began to watch interesting videos from the screens of mobile phones, including the iPhone. YouTube is the most popular video provider. Therefore, using the example of the YouTube service, I will tell you about our mobile experience of watching videos from iPhone. In order to comfortably watch online videos, and not be tied to Wi-Fi hotspots, the iPhone needs:
After the tariff plan is selected, the mobile Internet is connected and configured, we usually watch YouTube videos directly in a standard browser, without installing additional applications.
If, when you connect to the Internet on your iPhone, you have chosen an unlimited tariff plan, then watching videos in standard Safari is fine. Using this browser it is not necessary to watch videos, you can listen to them with the locked screen off.
How to listen to YouTube on iPhone with screen off
In the hope of saving battery power and avoiding excessive traffic consumption, you can not watch YouTube, but listen, for example, if the video is of a conversational genre, then in the subway, bus, wearing clothes, we calmly listen to the YouTube channel. At the same time, the iPhone with the screen off is in your pocket, your eyes are resting, the gopniks too! The problem is that if you lock the screen while watching a video, you will not hear the sound. But there is a way out.
Tested on iPhone 5S (iOS 10.2.1). To listen to the video in the background, with the iPhone locked, do the following:
- Find YouTube video in Safari browser and press play button
- As soon as the video starts playing, lock the screen with the Power button (on / off)
- We wake up the screen with a button and on the locked screen press the play button. If this button is not on the locked screen, then pull it out from the bottom of the screen. Swipe this widget to the left, click - Play, lock the screen again and listen to the video.
We've dealt with unlimited traffic, now about limited tariffs.
is iPhone eating traffic? Save on YouTube!
If you decide to save limited bandwidth on your iPhone, you probably tried to install the YouTube app from the App Store (). In the hope that it will be possible to change the quality and set a lower quality resolution (in order to save mobile traffic), we also installed the YouTube app for the iPhone.
In the playing video application, the Menu button was pressed (three dots in the upper right corner).
We pressed the button - Quality and broke off. The official YouTube app (version 12.06.11) issued the following:
Manual quality setting is not supported when using a cellular network
It turned out that the "Quality" button allows you to select the video resolution only when the iPhone is connected to the Internet via Wi-Fi. This is tough, why, if this opportunity is more needed by iPhone users with limited mobile Internet. Apparently the marketing ploy is such, so let's do it normally in subsequent updates, otherwise it’s beautiful, but not useful. With a good speed of the mobile Internet, the application sets the maximum video quality, and the traffic flies away like a pipe.
Tubie - setting YouTube quality on iPhone
Until the normal official YouTube app comes out, you can use the free Tubex app, there are more options and the interface is not bad.
In the settings of the Tubie app, you can choose the default video broadcast resolution, both for Wi-Fi and for mobile Internet. When watching a video, the quality can be changed by pressing one button.
There is also, sometimes, a useful function - The speed of the player, which adjusts the speed of video playback, helps a lot when there is little time to watch a video, a slow speech of a YouTube blogger or a lot of water.
With the arrival of the iOS 9 operating system in our life, a lot has changed. For example, a special API has become available for developers, thanks to which it is now possible to create applications for viewing picture-in-picture videos on iPad devices. Okay, the API is here. But tech giant Google has no plans to update its proprietary YouTube app for iOS yet to teach the popular video client to play videos over other apps. Fortunately, third-party developers do not sleep. At the moment, there are two ways that open us the possibility of watching YouTube videos over other programs. Let's take a closer look at both options.
Method number 1: third-party application YouPlayer
This third-party application will replace Google's official YouTube client without any problems. YouPlayer includes a special module so you can watch YouTube hosting videos on top of any application on your iPad.It is also worth noting the pleasant and user-friendly interface. Moreover, you can select the quality of the video being played with the click of a button. There are special quality modes for 3G and Wi-Fi networks. By the way, YouPlayer has the ability to change the theme, choosing between light and dark. The good news is that the program is distributed free of charge in the App Store.
Method # 2: YouTube P.I.P. web application
If you don't want to bother installing a new app, then try the YouTube P.I.P. web app. To use this method, you need to know the link of the video you need (in the standard YouTube client, the link can be obtained from the "Share" button). So, we perform a few simple steps:- open the Safari browser
- go to the application site ctrlq.org/youtube/pip/
- we see a line where you need to enter a link to the video (or just paste from the clipboard)
- then click on the GO button
- we get the desired video, which can be easily detached from the browser according to Apple's idea
- watching video in window format
