sixoclock Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 Google Chrome’s next update will finally block autoplay videos that have sound No more unexpected sound blasting out of your speakers By Tom Warren Mar 22, 2018, 5:32am EDT Google is finally getting serious about blocking annoying autoplay videos that start with the sound blaring. The next update to Chrome (version 66) will include changes to autoplay videos that mean the browser will only play them automatically if the sound isn’t playing by default, or if you click and interact with the site, or have previously “shown an interest in media on the site.” These changes were originally scheduled for Chrome 64, which arrived in January with an option to permanently mute annoying websites that abuse autoplay videos with the sound on by default. Google delayed the additional autoplay changes to Chrome 66, but they’re now appearing in the beta channels of Chrome ahead of a public release next month. Google’s additional steps will mean that autoplay videos with sound blasting out of your speakers should be a thing of the past, and you can always take the extra step of completely muting a site if you happen to click and interact and the sound turns on. SOURCE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ballistic Gelatin Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 In the meantime, use the extension "Disable HTML Autoplay." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luisam Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 Most of "autoplay" videos are part of the adverisement scheme of some websites. I guess, the result will be that these sites will block access to users if sound of their videos is turned off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldret Posted March 27, 2018 Share Posted March 27, 2018 finally, dont have to search which tab are playing that video when you have 15+ tabs open Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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