Users describe cases where YouTube’s Picture-in-Picture mode fails once background apps run. Videos refuse to continue as soon as PiP is launched . Google has acknowledged the malfunction and pledged to ship a repair. An upcoming update to the YouTube app will bring the correction. Users first noticed the problem recently . Reports from tech sites now appear after complaints grew louder. The tech press confirms similar failures across both . 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 a system update . Repeated attempts to refresh the app proved short-lived . The official fix remains close to release .