How to Watch Videos While You Work or Study

The trick to keeping a video on screen without it stealing your whole display is a floating window — small, always on top, and out of the way. Here's how people use it to actually get things done.

Set it up once

Play the video — a lecture, tutorial, match, or recipe.
Press Alt + P with Picture in Picture installed.
Drag the floating window to a corner and resize it so it doesn't cover what you're working on.

Because the window stays above every app, you can switch to your notes, editor, or spreadsheet and still see the video.

Study without tab-switching

For online courses, park the lecture in a corner and write your notes beside it. You stop losing your place every time you switch back and forth, which makes long videos far easier to get through.

Keep an eye on live content

Following a game, a keynote, or a live stream while you work? A floating window lets you keep half an eye on it and jump back to full size the instant something happens.

Put a video wherever you need it

One press floats any video on top of your work — and one more press puts it back.

Add to Chrome — it's free

Cook, build, or repair hands-free

Recipe videos and how-to tutorials are made for this. Float the video near your work surface, and you can follow each step without touching the mouse to scrub back.

A tip for focus

Keep the floating window small. A compact video in the corner is a glanceable reference; a large one becomes the main event. The point is to keep working — with the video along for the ride.