What is the difference between picture-in-picture and multi-window mode in Android?

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In Google I/O 2017, Picture-in-picture mode was introduced.How is it different from multi-window mode?

check https://android.gadgethacks.com/how-to/use-new-picture-picture-mode-android-o-0178324/ — Dhruv Tyagi, Jun 29 '17 at 08:37

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 29 '17 at 08:35

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MultiWindow is split-screen

Two Apps at the same time

Picture in Picture is an image overlay

One App, Two Views at the same time

answered Jun 29 '17 at 08:35

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 29 '17 at 10:04

Picture-in picture mode is for Android 7.0 TV users to provide the pinned video overlay window whereas multi-window mode keeps activities side by side.

Picture-in picture mode is not enabled by default.But if app targets API level 24,multi-window support is enabled by default.

What is the difference between picture-in-picture and multi-window mode in Android?

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