Users describe cases where YouTube’s Picture-in-Picture mode stops working once background apps run. Videos stall as soon as PiP is switched on. Google has acknowledged the bug and pledged to ship a repair. An upcoming update to the YouTube app will provide the fix . Users first noticed the problem over the past weeks. Reports from tech sites started after complaints grew louder. The tech press notes similar failures across multiple devices. Engineers at Google claim they’re finalizing the release that targets the flaw. Most complainants cite heavy multitasking as the trigger. Some say PiP worked fine earlier but broke after an app refresh . Repeated attempts to re-enable the app proved partial. The official fix remains days away.