Floating Player for YouTube

FloatTube is a browser extension for YouTube

Watch videos while reading comments

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Download Links: For Safari | For Chrome

Key Features

More than just a player, it can:

Flexible Adjustment

Drag the floating window to move it freely, or drag the edges to resize it to your preferred size.

Smart Display

Automatically shows the floating player when scrolling down on video pages, automatically hides when scrolling up, perfect for watching videos while reading comments.

Caption Optimization

S mode caption renderer keeps subtitles clear and readable even when the floating window is small, with support for switching to A mode for native subtitle effects.

Enhanced Features

Safari Features

Picture-in-Picture Subtitle Display

  • • Support for displaying YouTube subtitles in native Picture-in-Picture player
  • • Customize Picture-in-Picture subtitle appearance through system preferences
  • • Subtitles sync with the video's subtitle language settings

To properly capture subtitles, refresh YouTube pages after enabling to get subtitle data

You can click the CC subtitle button to enable subtitles

This feature works on Safari by using the native Picture-in-Picture caption support, where styles can be customized via Apple menu  > System Preferences > Accessibility > Subtitles. Chrome’s built-in Picture-in-Picture does not support captions, so this feature is available only in the Safari version.

Tutorial

Follow these steps to start using FloatTube

Safari Extension

1

Open Safari, then choose Safari > Settings (or Preferences)

2

Click "Extensions", check FloatTube extension to enable it

3

Open any YouTube video page. Click the FloatTube extension icon in Safari toolbar

4

You will see a prompt:

Extension "FloatTube" wants to access youtube.com.

Click "Allow" to grant access

Go to App Store to Install

Chrome Extension

1

Click the button below to go to Chrome Web Store

2

Click "Add to Chrome" button to install the extension

3

After installation, open YouTube video pages to use

Go to Chrome Web Store to Install

If you had YouTube pages open before installing the extension, you need to refresh those pages for the extension to work.

The extension only works on video pages, URLs usually start with https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=