San Francisco, Oct 3: WhatsApp on Wednesday started rolling out "Picture in Picture (PiP) mode" for viewing videos hosted on selected platforms, for all Android beta users running Android operating system (OS version 4.4 and above).

According to WABetaInfo, a fan website that tracks WhatsApp, the PiP feature is being introduced for all Android beta users that would allow users to play videos hosted on platforms such as YouTube, Facebook, Instagram and Streamable right within WhatsApp.

PiP is a special type of multi-window mode mostly used for video playback. It lets the user watch a video in a small window pinned to a corner of the screen while navigating between apps or browsing content on the main screen.

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"If you have already updated but you don't see the feature, please back up your chat history and reinstall WhatsApp if you don't want to wait more," WABetaInfo said.

Users need to update WhatsApp version to the 2.18.301 Android beta update to use the new PiP mode.

WhatsApp has already implemented the feature on its iOS app and it is expected to be introduced for all Android users soon.

The PiP feature was rolled out in January for iOS users.

The Facebook-owned company has over 200 million monthly active users in India and is one of the most popular mobile apps worldwide.

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Medininagar ( PTI): A 15-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a driver in Jharkhand’s Palamu district on Saturday, police said.

The accused, a driver of an earthmover, was severely beaten by villagers before handing him over to the police, an officer said.

The incident happened near a temporary camp which was set up for road construction workers within the limits of the district's Bishrampur police station.

"The incident happened when the girl was walking past the workers’ camp. At that time, the accused allegedly grabbed and raped her. After the girl recounted her ordeal to the villagers, they beat the accused," the officer-in-charge of the police station, Saurabh Kumar Chaubey, said.

The accused has been arrested, he said.

The police, after rescuing the accused, admitted him to the Medinirai Medical College and Hospital, he said, adding that the girl was also sent to hospital for medical examination.

Chaubey said construction of a road from Mukhikhap to Nawabazar is underway, and the accused, a resident of Vaishali district in Bihar, was employed as a driver of an earthmover at the site.