Also, it disables it on sites where they don't. It enables autoplay on sites where users play media with sound during most of their visits.

Thereafter, Chrome learns from users' browsing history and changes the whitelisted sites. In a move to stop them, Chrome has introduced the new feature that aims to only 'block unwanted autoplays'.Ĭhrome is able to achieve this by 'learning your preferences.' If a user doesn't have browsing history on a particular browser instance, Chrome by default will allow autoplay for over 1,000 sites where the highest percentage of visitors play media with sound. Google says that people usually pause, mute, or close such tabs within six seconds. However, there could be many sites that play sounds that the users may not be expecting and that can be annoying. Instead of hitting the 'Play' button every time, Chrome will automatically start playing videos. Chrome for desktop will now learn preferences of users over time to determine which sites they visit with videos that play when the pages load.Ī large number of Chrome users, Google's product manager John Pallett claims, use the browser as a TV, phone, radio, and jukebox for the 'wide range of media experiences the Web has to offer.' When users open certain sites, Google has made it easier for them to play media files. Now, the company has modified the policy it uses to block unwanted autoplays, trying to improve the experience users have on sites they want to autoplay media. Google Chrome started blocking audio and video that automatically played on certain wesbites, with the launch of the Google Chrome 66 for desktops.

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