Google could bring the playback of HTML content to PiP mode. Would this improvement also reach the new Edge?

This year 2019 is looking more interesting than ever in the browser market for accessing the Internet. Although Google Chrome is still the most used, the arrival of the renewed Edge promises to cause some users to consider the situation. In addition, we cannot forget Firefox, the second in command or alternatives such as Opera.

Recently we saw how Google Chrome, in the Canary version of its browser, already allowed you to mute the videos that were being played in a miniature window.It is what we know as PiP or _Picture-in-Picture_ And now it's time to talk about this way of reproducing content.

More possibilities

And it seems that Google could be studying the expansion of the compatibility of the content that can be displayed in this window so that video would not be the only option available.

Through a report on the Chrome Developer web page, we learned that Google may be planning to offer a PiP window to play HTML contentin the same way that until now offers the possibility of playing video.

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In fact, in the release, they state that they are working on adding support to enable a picture-in-picture window that can hold arbitrary HTML content instead of a video layer. This content can be interactive or not."

But does this benefit Edge? Well, although for now it is not a real possibility, the fact that it could become one offers the option that Edge can also have this improvement And it is that by sharing Based on the same base as Chrome, many of the improvements and options can be functional in both browsers, something that, however, did not happen before.

If this development finally materializes, it remains to be seen how this improvement would end up being applied. It could be very useful for accessing certain content or information, but it could also be a potential drag if used to, for example, display unwanted windows.

It's a project, a development, so this feature is not available yet in Chrome or Edge in developer versions. Have to wait.

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