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And we pore over customer reviews to find out what matters to real people who already own and use the products and services we’re assessing. We gather data from the best available sources, including vendor and retailer listings as well as other relevant and independent reviews sites. You can keep the video on top of display and work on any other app while the video is playing.ZDNET's recommendations are based on many hours of testing, research, and comparison shopping. It works well with video streaming websites like YouTube. PiP is a display only mode which means you can only view the content and clicking on the pinned item/app will expand it to open like a normal app.

Picture in picture (PiP) mode allows to keep an app or video in a small window on top of other apps.

You can simply create notes and use like any other app. However, this does not even allow to keep the note on top of other apps.

There is a free Sticky Notes app comes with Windows which you can use for taking notes.

Picture in Picture, Sticky Notes and Always on Topīefore we proceed, it is better you understand these stuffs. In this article, we will explain how you can keep a single or multiple apps always on top in Windows 11 computer. Similarly, you may want to type on a Word document while a YouTube video is playing in Edge browser in the background. For example, you may want to check the sports score from your favorite app and want to keep it on top till the game ends. Sometimes you want to keep an app window on top of all other apps to view it all the time.

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