diff --git a/app/src/main/java/app/revanced/integrations/patches/MinimizedPlaybackPatch.java b/app/src/main/java/app/revanced/integrations/patches/MinimizedPlaybackPatch.java
index 6fcae6bf..43bf49fa 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/app/revanced/integrations/patches/MinimizedPlaybackPatch.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/app/revanced/integrations/patches/MinimizedPlaybackPatch.java
@@ -2,12 +2,39 @@ package app.revanced.integrations.patches;
 
 import app.revanced.integrations.shared.PlayerType;
 
+@SuppressWarnings("unused")
 public class MinimizedPlaybackPatch {
 
-    public static boolean isPlaybackNotShort() {
-        return !PlayerType.getCurrent().isNoneHiddenOrSlidingMinimized();
+    /**
+     * Injection point.
+     */
+    public static boolean playbackIsNotShort() {
+        // Steps to verify most edge cases:
+        // 1. Open a regular video
+        // 2. Minimize app (PIP should appear)
+        // 3. Reopen app
+        // 4. Open a Short (without closing the regular video)
+        //    (try opening both Shorts in the video player suggestions AND Shorts from the home feed)
+        // 5. Minimize the app (PIP should not appear)
+        // 6. Reopen app
+        // 7. Close the Short
+        // 8. Resume playing the regular video
+        // 9. Minimize the app (PIP should appear)
+
+        if (!VideoInformation.lastVideoIdIsShort()) {
+            return true; // Definitely is not a Short.
+        }
+
+        // Might be a Short, or might be a prior regular video on screen again after a Short was closed.
+        // This incorrectly prevents PIP if player is in WATCH_WHILE_MINIMIZED after closing a Short,
+        // But there's no way around this unless an additional hook is added to definitively detect
+        // the Shorts player is on screen. This use case is unusual anyways so it's not a huge concern.
+        return !PlayerType.getCurrent().isNoneHiddenOrMinimized();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Injection point.
+     */
     public static boolean overrideMinimizedPlaybackAvailable() {
         // This could be done entirely in the patch,
         // but having a unique method to search for makes manually inspecting the patched apk much easier.