{"id":198001,"date":"2017-02-09T08:27:53","date_gmt":"2017-02-09T06:27:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=198001"},"modified":"2017-02-09T08:31:30","modified_gmt":"2017-02-09T06:31:30","slug":"windows-10-to-get-picture-in-picture-functionality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/198001-windows-10-to-get-picture-in-picture-functionality.html","title":{"rendered":"Windows 10 to get picture-in-picture functionality"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.windows.com\/windowsexperience\/2017\/02\/08\/announcing-windows-10-insider-preview-build-15031-pc\/#ubJc8iU3pvoMAyqt.97\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Microsoft has unveiled<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 15031 for PC, which includes picture-in-picture functionality.<\/p>\n<p>Windows 10\u2019s new Compact Overlay window allows you to run an application, like a video, in a small window pinned above other programs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome tasks don\u2019t require the user\u2019s full attention but are perfect to leave at the corner of the screen, so we\u2019re introducing a new compact overlay mode for app developers,\u201d said Microsoft.<\/p>\n<p>When an app window enters compact overlay mode, it\u2019ll be shown above other windows and won\u2019t get blocked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe best part is that compact overlay windows work just like normal windows in all other ways, so app developers can tailor the experience with what they already know.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Updates to the Movies &amp; TV app and Skype Preview app will take advantage of compact overlay windows in the near future, said Microsoft.<\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Windows-Overlay-Window.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-198005 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Windows-Overlay-Window-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"Windows Overlay Window\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Windows-Overlay-Window-640x426.jpg 640w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Windows-Overlay-Window-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Windows-Overlay-Window-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Windows-Overlay-Window.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Now read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/195714-microsoft-makes-windows-10-security-easier.html\">Microsoft makes Windows 10 security easier<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft has unveiled its latest Windows 10 Insider Preview Build for PC, which includes picture-in-picture functionality.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":193098,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[41229,123,26970],"class_list":["post-198001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-software","tag-compact-overlay-window","tag-microsoft","tag-windows-10"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198001"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=198001"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198001\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":198007,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198001\/revisions\/198007"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/193098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}