Users describe cases where YouTube’s Picture-in-Picture mode stops working once background apps run. Videos freeze as soon as PiP is switched on. Google has acknowledged the issue and pledged to ship a repair. An upcoming update to the YouTube app will bring the patch . Users first noticed the problem over the past weeks. Reports from tech sites now appear after complaints grew louder. The tech press highlights similar failures across multiple devices. Engineers at Google say they are finalizing the release that targets the flaw. Most complainants blame heavy multitasking as the trigger. Some say PiP worked fine earlier but broke after user settings tweaks. Repeated attempts to refresh the app proved temporary . The official fix remains close to release .