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New VLC for Android Update Adds Picture-in-Picture Mode to Android Oreo Devices

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Marius Nestor
Dec 6, 2017

Coming more than a year after the VLC 2.0 release, VLC 2.5 has hit the Google Play Store over the weekend and it’s a major update that adds support for 360-degree videos, a more dynamic and Material Design-compliant user interface, Picture-in-Picture mode for Android Oreo devices, as well as DayNight mode integration. VLC for Android is now integrated with Google Now and comes with a new Search activity, refactors the MediaLibrary, adds support for latest Chrome OS operating system with Android apps support, improves RTL (Right-to-Left) support, implements custom equalizer presets, and boosts audio in the video player.

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Marius Nestor

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