Picture-in-Picture: One Click to Pop the Stream Out
Want to keep watching a stream while you work in another tab or another window? Every modern browser has Picture-in-Picture, but on Twitch and Kick the right-click menu that opens it is blocked, and on YouTube it is buried two right-clicks deep. Previews adds a one-click PiP button directly to the player controls on Twitch, YouTube, and Kick. Click, float, keep watching.
PiP that the streaming sites should have given you
Picture-in-Picture has been a standard browser feature for years. Right-click any video on most websites and there it is. Except: Twitch and Kick both block the right-click menu on their video players. YouTube allows it but you have to right-click twice (once to dismiss YouTube's own menu, then again to get the browser's). The feature is right there but the path to it has been broken on the platforms where you actually want it.
Previews adds a Picture-in-Picture button directly to the player controls on every Twitch, YouTube, and Kick page. One click. The stream pops into a floating window. Move it where you want it. Open a doc, switch tabs, do other things - the floating window stays put on top, exactly where browser PiP always promised to keep it.
How the PiP button works
Once Picture-in-Picture is enabled in Previews settings, a PiP icon appears in the player controls of every stream. Click it, the stream pops out into a small floating window, and the main browser tab returns to its normal state - so you can scroll, switch tabs, or open another window without losing the stream.
The floating window uses your browser's own PiP system - draggable to any corner of any monitor, resizable, and always on top of other windows by default. It survives switching browser tabs and switching browser windows. Click the close button on the floating window or click the PiP button again to send the stream back into its original tab.
Where it works
On Twitch
The PiP button shows up next to the theater-mode button in the Twitch player controls. Works on regular streams, theater-mode streams, and full-screen streams. Compatible with BetterTTV, FrankerFaceZ, and 7TV chat enhancements - they live outside the player, so they do not interfere with the button.
On YouTube
On YouTube, the PiP button sits in the player controls alongside the standard set. Works on live streams and on regular videos with the same one-click behavior. Useful for keeping a live YouTube stream visible while browsing the rest of YouTube in the same tab, or while working in another app entirely.
On Kick
Kick gets the same one-click PiP button in the player controls. Especially useful on Kick because it also enables the keyboard shortcut for browser PiP (which is otherwise blocked by Kick's player), so once enabled you can pop the stream out from the keyboard without touching the mouse.
The PiP toggle is hidden in Previews settings when running on Firefox because Firefox handles browser-level PiP differently from Chromium browsers, and the one-click integration this feature relies on does not work cleanly. PiP works on Chrome, Edge, Brave, Opera, and other Chromium-based browsers. Every other Previews feature works normally on Firefox.
How to enable it
- Install Previews from the Chrome Web Store, Edge Add-ons, or any Chromium-based browser store. (PiP is not available on Firefox - other features are.)
- Click the Previews icon in your browser's toolbar.
- In the settings panel for each platform you use (Twitch, YouTube, Kick), find Picture-in-Picture Button. Toggle it on for each platform you want.
- Refresh any open Twitch, YouTube, or Kick tab.
- The PiP icon will be sitting in the player controls. Click it to pop the stream into a floating window.
What else Previews can do for you
Picture-in-Picture pairs well with the rest of the Previews toolkit. If you watch streams while doing other things, you will probably also want:
- Multi-Stream & Multi-Chat - watch and chat across multiple Twitch, YouTube, and Kick streams at once. PiP and Multi-Stream are different tools for different situations: PiP is for one stream alongside other work, Multi-Stream is for multiple streams in their own dedicated window.
- Fast-Forward to Live - jump back to the live edge with one click when a stream falls behind. Useful in PiP mode where the floating window is small and you may not notice you have drifted off-live.
- Auto-Refresh on Twitch Errors - automatic recovery from #1000, #2000, #3000, #4000, and #5000 errors. Especially useful when the stream is in a PiP window you are not watching closely.
- Sidebar Favorites - pin your top streamers to the top of the Twitch sidebar.
- Plus FlashBang Defender, voice typing, the clip downloader, hover previews for clips and directories, and more.
Frequently asked questions
How do I get picture-in-picture on Twitch?
Install Previews and enable the Picture-in-Picture Button in the Twitch settings panel. After that, a PiP icon will appear in the Twitch player controls (next to the theater-mode button). One click pops the stream into a floating browser window that stays on top while you switch tabs or work in other apps.
Why don't I see the PiP button on Firefox?
Picture-in-Picture is not available on Firefox - the toggle is hidden in Previews settings there. Firefox handles browser-level PiP differently from Chromium browsers, and the one-click integration this feature relies on does not work cleanly. PiP works on Chrome, Edge, Brave, Opera, and other Chromium-based browsers. Every other Previews feature works normally on Firefox.
Does this work on Kick and YouTube?
Yes - Picture-in-Picture has its own toggle for each platform in Previews settings, so you can enable it on Twitch, YouTube, Kick, or any combination. On Kick specifically, enabling the feature also makes the browser's keyboard shortcut for PiP work (Kick's player normally blocks it), so you can pop the stream out without touching the mouse.
Can I keep watching while I work in another window?
Yes - that is the whole point. The floating PiP window is always on top of other windows by default, so you can open a document, code editor, design tool, or any other app and the stream stays visible in the corner. Drag the floating window to whichever corner of whichever monitor works for you.
Is this different from the browser's built-in PiP?
It IS the browser's built-in PiP - Previews just gives you a one-click button to trigger it from inside Twitch, YouTube, and Kick. The reason this matters: Twitch and Kick block the right-click menu on their players so you cannot reach the browser's PiP option that way, and YouTube buries it two right-clicks deep. The button Previews adds is the most direct path to a feature your browser already has.
How is this different from Multi-Stream?
PiP is for one stream alongside other work - the stream floats over your normal browsing or your other apps. Multi-Stream is for watching several streams together in their own dedicated window with multi-chat. Different tools for different situations - and they pair well: pop a Multi-Stream layout into PiP and you have multiple streams floating over your other work.