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Previously, picture in picture worked as intended, with hitting the home button playing my videos no problem. Now, at least on YouTube, it displays the box where the video should be playing but instead of playing, it just shows the top of the web page. The video does not play, it remains paused no matter what you do. It doesn't seem to affect every website, as I tested it with the iMDB video player and that worked without a hitch. It makes YouTube unusable in picture in picture. This started a few days ago, and no matter what I try, I have been unable to resolve it. I've included an image of what the issue looks like over a game, but it looks like that no matter which app you're in.

Hello!

I've been facing a problem in Firefox that has been going on for about 5 years: the multimedia keys on my HyperX alloy Core (membrane) keyboard only work ~33% of the time.

Problem details: - In other browsers (Chrome, Edge) and programs (VLC, Spotify) the keys work perfectly. - The problem occurs specifically in Firefox, regardless of the OS or driver version (I reinstalled Windows, browser, updated drivers). - I've tried the following solutions (without results): - Updating Firefox to the latest version. - Disabling all extensions. - Resetting the browser settings. - Updating HyperX software/drivers.

Additional information: - OS: Windows 11 latest update

- Firefox: Latest version instaled

Since the last update (as of the 8th of April 2025) on the android version of the app, the browser seems unable to play videos in the picture in picture feature. The screen will get minimized, yes, but wherein before the minimization was the video still playing in small, now it is like a chopped version of the webpage. Posted a screen recording vid on tumblr to exemplify because screenshots alone don't do it justice. PiP Issue demonstrated

Technical Info:

• My phone is a Samsung A53 5g
• One UI version 6.1
• Android version 14
• Google Play System Update 1 February 2025
• Android Security Patch Level 1 March 2025

Dear all,

Since the last update the on top YouTube videos are not playing anymore. When open YouTube video full screen with browser, then clicking on home button. It opens on top video. But this video is not playing. Could you please fix it? Regards

Its only happening with youtube. it zooms into the wrong section of the screen and not the video

Ive tried restarting my phone, making a new tab, reloading the tab, exitting firefox and then going back in and turning off extentions but nothing works.

This just started today

This is a recent problem. I normally watch YouTube while I play games on my phone by splitting the screen. Recently YouTube has been unable to play videos on the smallest window size. This was possible a week ago. I have attached an image of the size at which this occurs. This is a problem large enough that I will no longer be using the browser if it continues. Half and half screen size still works, however it doesn't work for my purpose.

Regards Benjamin

Along with comments no longer loading when using youtube, picture in picture no longer works. Ive already informed you of the comment section and still not fixed. Is there a way to roll back versions of Firefox to a version that isn't broken?

The PIP integration for Firefox Mobile appears broken. When I play the video, go fullscreen, and then tap home, it pauses the video and won't resume, but the picture is displayed in the pop-up player. In the player, it only shows the very top left corner of the actual video, with the rest of the space taken up by the address bar. I cleared the website's cache and data, the the app's, to be sure it wasn't an issue with my device, and the problem persists.

This issue is at least a few days old.

Attached are screenshots of the pop-up player's display I described.

I have an issue with picture in picture. Every time I'm watching a video in full screen on m.youtube.com and I want it in picture in picture mode, I press the home button, and it pauses the video whilst also going out of Fullscreen mode. This happens on a Google pixel 9 running android 15 with Firefox version 136.0.2 and on a Google pixel 3xl running android 12 with Firefox version 136.0.2. And on a Samsung s21 running android 14 with Firefox version 134.0.2 (I down graded to fix an audio issue) all of these have the same picture in picture problem How do I fix this?

I've been using firefox for a few months now to use ublock origin when watching YouTube. Yesterday I was watching a video and went to open another app on my phone when the PIP stopped playing the video. It appears that the PIP tries to open in full screen (it has the popup stating to drag from top or press back to exit when picture in picture starts) and stops playing. If I go back to the video I can play it normally but essentially picture in picture is not working. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling, I tried disabling all extensions, I cleared my browsing history, and I searched to see if anyone had a similar issue. Any tips would be appreciated. I've attached a picture of what the picture in picture looks like in case that helps.

I have a continuous problem when using the Picture in picture mode on an android phone. When enabling Picture in picture the video turns to this (see picture) and won't play it anymore. For the last 2-3 days I haven't been able to use the mode, please help.

Recently, I have had an issue while I'm using Firefox for Android to watch YouTube videos in splitscreen mode. Normally, I would fullscreen the video, then shrink Firefox in the splitscreen view so that only the video is shown on the top of my screen and I can use the bottom to chat. Now when I do that YouTube automatically exits fullscreen and pauses the video.

I have attempted to disable all my extensions and refresh the page but that did not change this behavior. I am unsure what could have caused this as no update occurred on my device before this issue started happening. I have found an unreliable temporary solution in deleting browsing data. This fixes the issue for some time before it then starts happening again. This method also for some reason does not work every time, making me suspect that it's not deleting the data itself that makes it stop that behavior.

ive tried clearing cache and reinstalling or restart my phone. but all of a sudden Picture and picture will not work

it opens the video but suddenly changes it to the youtube page and minimizes the video. and pauses it, I cannot start the video or see it correctly and it's driving me insane

I have been using youtube in firefox mobile for ages, and commonly use picture in picture. However as of 2 days ago, when I try to use picture in picture, it pauses the video and instead is displaying what is essentially a PiP of the browser/url bar (see image).

I've tried:

• Re-installing firefox
• Deleting cookies and cache
• Disabling Extensions
• Disabling and Re-enabling PiP in my apps

I'm running out of things to try, and would love if anyone is familiar with what may be causing this!