If you’re the type of person who detests autoplaying video ads, Google’s Chrome browser provides some help. Chrome 66 provides several layers of automated and manual controls: autoplaying videos may be blocked, or they may play silently. But even then, you”ll have the option to mute them.
Google’s attitude to autoplaying videos with sound has evolved over time, with the latest change favoring preventing the video from playing altogether. In a May 3 update to its policy, Google explains how it works, now: as you browse the web, Chrome compiles a list of sites where you’ve watched video, and enables autoplay on sites where you play media with sound during most of your visits, and disables it on sites where you don’t. (If you don’t have a browsing history, Google has a list of 1000 sites where video is commonly played.)
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