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How to install Pip on Ubuntu

Need to install software packages that are coded in Python? You can install Pip for it on Ubuntu by using the terminal

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If you're a developer using a laptop running Linux or one of the other popular Linux distributions like Ubuntu, there's no doubt you're going to eventually need to use Pip Installs Packages, known as Pip for short. Pip is the package manager for Python, and you'll need it to install, search for, and deal with the Python Package index to help them work right. You might need to use Pip as a regular user to install an app that was developed using Python. Here's how to do it.

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How to install Pip on Windows

Pip and Python go hand-in-hand to help you execute both simple and complex programs.

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Pip is one of the most important tools to have at your disposal when you're getting started with a Python project. It allows you to install and manage millions of Python packages and libraries to help you set up the right software environment for a project, be it a simple automation task or a complex artificial intelligence or machine learning project. But how do you install Pip on Windows to ensure you have no issues working on Python projects? Thankfully, installing Pip on Windows is a fairly simple task, and you can do it following a few simple steps. There's also a chance that you may already have Pip installed on your system, so read on to learn more about it.

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Android TV's “expanded” picture-in-picture mode is here with Android 13 Beta 2

Android 13 introduces a new expanded picture-in-picture mode that allows developers to create longer and wider PiP windows on Android TV.

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During the excitement of a new Android 13 beta release, it's quite easy to forget that phones (and tablets) aren't the only things getting upgraded. While the initial Android 13 beta for Android TV was a bit underwhelming, the latest version includes something that users have been wanting for quite a while -- a revamped picture-in-picture mode.

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How to use YouTube in Picture-in-Picture (PiP) mode on iOS with YouTube Premium

YouTube PiP has been available on Android for years. It has finally been added to the iOS app. Here's how you can easily enable it.

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YouTube Picture-in-Picture (PiP) has been available on Android phones for years, from back when YouTube Premium was branded as YouTube Red. However, Google had been denying iOS users this feature. It stated that Apple doesn’t allow developers to put features that use iOS APIs behind paywalls. Thus YouTube couldn’t support this feature on iOS without making it free for all. That's because PiP is one of those first-party APIs.

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WhatsApp gets PiP mode for YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram videos

WhatsApp has started rolling out the picture-in-picture mode feature for all Android 4.4+ users who have updated to the latest 2.18.301 beta version.

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Support for picture-in-picture mode in apps was one of the headlining features of Android Oreo. The feature already existed in some manufacturer custom user interfaces, but Android Oreo brought native support for the feature. App adoption for picture-in-picture mode was tepid at first, as even Google opted to relegate picture-in-picture mode in YouTube for YouTube Red subscribers in the beginning. Picture-in-picture mode has since been adopted by the likes of VLC media player and desktop Google Chrome. Last month, we saw that WhatsApp was working on adding such a feature. Now, the feature is available for users who have updated to the latest 2.18.301 beta version.

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Netflix Adds Picture-in-Picture Mode Support for Android 8.1

The popular video streaming service Netflix now makes it easier to watch movies on your Android 8.1 Oreo device with picture-in-picture mode support.

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One of the most useful features that came with Android Oreo is Picture-in-Picture mode for phones, which allows users to play their videos in a small, floating window. PiP mode utilizes the multi-window APIs introduced in Android 7.0. The feature first made it to Android TV devices with Android 7.0 Nougat but with Android Oreo, Google finally brought the feature to mobile devices, too.

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Latest WhatsApp Beta Supports PiP Video Calls in Android O

WhatsApp Beta is introducing Picture-in-Picture calls for Android O users, allowing you to leave the app and video chat through a floating window!

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Android O is chockfull of new features, and one of the most useful ones is Picture-in-Picture (PiP) functionality. PiP allows videos to play over your screen while using other apps or playing games, and the latest app to add support for this feature is WhatsApp.

How to Display a Picture-in-Picture Mode Toggle while using YouTube on Android O

A tutorial on how to display a toggle to enable picture-in-picture mode on a per-app basis in Android O, using Tasker and SecureTask.

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In our last article, we were the first to show you how you can use Android O's new picture-in-picture (PiP) mode right now on your smartphone. To recap, the method involves sending a certain key known as KEYCODE_WINDOW which is defined by the constant 171. This key code is most readily sent by enabling the hidden navigation bar customizer in SystemUI Tuner then adding a new navigation bar item which triggers the keycode.

Android O's Picture-in-Picture Mode can be Enabled Right Now, Here's How

Android O recently introduced picture-in-picture mode, a feature allowing you to display video content on top of your apps. Here's how to enable it.

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Feature image: Picture-in-picture mode on an Android TV