Audio autoplay google chrome
How to control audio and video autoplay in Google Chromeby Martin Brinkmann on February 06, 2018 in Google Chrome - Last Update: April 30, 2020 - 24 comments While there are plenty of things online that can break your concentration or focus on a task, autoplaying video or audio surely is at the top of "don't like" list for many Internet users. Show One has to distinguish between autoplaying media with and without sound, as that makes a difference. While you can ignore videos that play automatically if they are silent for the most part, it is impossible to do so if sound is enabled by default. ADVERTISEMENT Autoplay is beneficial on some sites. Say, you are on YouTube and click on a video. Chance is very high that you want to play the video so that configuring the site to play videos automatically may make sense. My main objections to autoplaying content on the Internet are that this is distracting, that it may slow down the loading of a service or page, and that you have to interact with these elements to stop them. ADVERTISEMENT Update 2: Google removed the option from Android and from desktop Chrome.ÂYou can try one of the third-party extensions to block autoplaying media in Chrome but your success may vary depending on the sites you visit. Other browsers, Firefox for example, support blocking autoplaying video and/or audio still End Update: Time has passed and the experiments described below are no longer available. Chrome users on Android may still block autoplay in the following way:
Doing so should prevent auto-play on most sites. Note that the option is not available anymore on desktop versions of Chrome.End Google Chrome: control audio and video playbackADVERTISEMENT Google introduced a new flag in Chrome 61 which gives users of the web browser control over the browser's autoplay behavior. Flags are experimental features of Chrome that may be pulled or integrated natively in the browser at any time. Autoplay policy is "used when deciding if audio or video is allowed to autoplay". It is available for Chrome on the desktop, Chrome OS and also Android. ADVERTISEMENT Here is how you configure the setting:
If you want to limit autoplay, select "Document user activation is required". Note that this won't block autoplaying media completely, as media starts to play as soon as you interact with the page. It helps with opening pages in the background that play audio or video content automatically though. Now You: What's your take on autoplaying media on the Internet? Related articles
ADVERTISEMENT Summary Article Name How to control audio and video autoplay in Google Chrome Description While there are plenty of things online that can break your concentration or focus on a task, autoplaying video or audio surely is at the top of "don't like" list for many Internet users. Author Martin Brinkmann Publisher Ghacks Technology News Logo |