The Indian network provider Reliance Jio has released an updated version of its Jio TV apk which is now available on Google Play store. The new update enables picture-in-picture (PiP) support — WhatsApp longed added feature.
As everybody hates redirecting, PiP support is a much-demanded feature for the media apps as it allows users to watch the content even when they are in the middle of other tasks on their Android smartphone.
Unfortunately, the picture-in-picture support in JioTV is limited to devices running on Android 8.0 Oreo or above. This simply means that users on Android Nought 7 and below can’t make use of this feature. Apart from this PiP feature, Jio TV new update doesn’t come with any other new feature.
Notably, Jio TV is a live TV application from Reliance Jio, which offers real-time access to dozens of over 600 TV channels strictly for the telecom subscribers. The app offers content in multiple languages including English, Hindi, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati, Bhojpuri, Punjabi, Malayalam, Assamese, Odia, and Urdu.
As mentioned, the Reliance Jio TV is only accessible to Jio subscribers and currently works on both Android and iOS devices. Support for desktop computers are yet to come.