Enable picture-in-picture permission on Redmi 17

Find the permission for your app

These instructions use Xiaomi's global Redmi 17 FAQ. Other Redmi models and regional software can use different menus.

1. Open Settings and select Privacy.

2. Open Special permissions, then Picture-in-picture.

3. Find the app you want to use and allow its picture-in-picture permission if that choice is available. Note its previous setting so you can restore it later.

If the app is absent, stop at that mismatch. I'd check its own help for picture-in-picture support before hunting for unrelated phone settings.

Try a small, ordinary playback check

Picture-in-picture, often shortened to PiP, is Android's small overlay window for supported activities such as video playback, video calls and navigation. The app controls when it enters that mode; Android does not automatically provide it to every app.

Start an ordinary video in an app that documents PiP support, then follow that app's instructions. Some apps enter PiP when you press Home or swipe up to Home. Treat that as one possible trigger, rather than a universal gesture that must work everywhere.

If the window appears, check that the content continues and that you can use the main screen. Android supports dragging the PiP window to another position. On Android 12 and later, tapping it can show controls including full screen and close, alongside actions supplied by the app.

I'd use a non-sensitive clip for this first check. There is no need to start a call or expose a private video merely to see whether a small window appears.

If the app stops instead of shrinking

Return to the app's help and compare its documented behaviour with what happened. Make sure you tested a supported activity, not just any screen inside the app. Record the app version and phone software version if you need the developer's help.

I wouldn't reset the phone or install an unofficial helper just because one app does not enter PiP. Permission is only one part of the feature; the app has to implement the behaviour too.

If you decide you do not want that app using PiP, revisit the same permission page and turn its allowance off. If you were only comparing settings, restore the choice you noted earlier.